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We present numerical experiments aimed to study the correlation between the magnetic field strength, $B$, and the density, $n$, in the cold atomic interstellar medium (CNM). We analyze 24 magneto-hydrodynamic models with different initial…
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Seven-year long seeing-free observations of solar magnetic fields with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) were used to study the sources of the solar mean magnetic field, SMMF, defined…
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