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RECENT theoretical studies of hydromagnetic (or magneto-hydrodynamic) disturbances in ionized gas suggest that they may play a major part in the physics of some stellar atmospheres and interstellar HII regions. Such disturbances, including shock as well as weak hydromagnetic waves, provide a likely explanation of flares, coronal heating and other solar phenomena; their application to the theory of cosmic ray formation is well known.
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PIDDINGTON, J. Hydromagnetic Waves in Ionized Gas. Nature 176, 508 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176508a0
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