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# Laboratory demonstration of slow rise to fast acceleration of arched magnetic flux ropes : LABORATORY FLUX ROPES

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Geophysical Research Letters

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### Author and article information

###### Journal
Geophysical Research Letters
Geophys. Res. Lett.
Wiley-Blackwell
00948276
September 28 2016
September 28 2016
: 43
: 18
: 9390-9396
###### Article
10.1002/2016GL069744