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Hu & Sonnerup 2001
Hu, Q. and Sonnerup, B.U.Ö. (2001). Reconstruction of magnetic flux ropes in the solar wind. Geophysical Research Letters 28: doi: 10.1029/2000GL012232. issn: 0094-8276.

We recover two-dimensional magnetic structures of small-scale flux ropes in the solar wind from WIND space-craft data by solving the plane Grad-Shafranov equation as a spatial initial value problem. The cross-sections of two recovered flux ropes show nested non-circular loops of transverse field lines rather than concentric circles. The expected helical structure is recovered, albeit with significant distortions from axial symmetry. The rope structures are self-consistent, non-force free, magnetohydrostatic equilibria. Their orientations are determined by a novel technique. ¿ 2001 American Geophysical Union

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Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary Physics, Ejecta, driver gases, and magnetic clouds, Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary magnetic fields, Space Plasma Physics
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Geophysical Research Letters
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