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A relaxation law for evaporating and draining coronal plasmas

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Simple analytic expressions linking the pressure, density and fluid velocity of a relaxing coronal plasma are presented. These appear in good agreement with more extensive theoretical calculations.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

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Craig, I.J.D. A relaxation law for evaporating and draining coronal plasmas. Sol Phys 84, 105–107 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00157448

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