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Using in situ measurements and remote-sensing observations, we study a coronal mass ejection (CME) that left the Sun on 9 July 2013 and impacted both Mercury and Earth while the planets were in radial alignment (within $3^\circ$). The CME…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-05-06 N. Lugaz , R. M. Winslow , C. J. Farrugia

It was recently proposed that the intensity ratios of several extreme ultraviolet spectral lines from the Fe X ion can be used to measure the solar coronal magnetic field based on the magnetic-field-inducedtransition (MIT) theory. To verify…

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The solar atmosphere being magnetic in nature, the understanding of the structure and evolution of the magnetic field in different regions of the solar atmosphere has been an important task over the past decades. This task has been made…

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Measuring the global magnetic field of the solar corona remains exceptionally challenging. The fine-scale density structures observed in white light images taken during Total Solar Eclipses (TSEs) are currently the best proxy for inferring…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Benjamin Boe , Shadia Habbal , Miloslav Druckmuller

Theoretically, CME kinematics are related to magnetic reconnection processes in the solar corona. However, the current quantitative understanding of this relationship is based on the analysis of only a handful of events. Here we report a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-06 Chunming Zhu , Jiong Qiu , Paulett Liewer , Angelos Vourlidas , Michael Spiegel , Qiang Hu

We study the relationship between the speed of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the height profile of the ambient magnetic field, quantified by its decay index, n(h). Our sample is composed of 15 very fast CMEs (Vcme > 1500 km/s; all halo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-15 Bernhard Kliem , Georgios Chintzoglou , Tibor Török , Jie Zhang

In this work, we establish an ICME list from 1996 to 2014 based on the in-situ observations from the WIND and ACE satellites. Based on this ICME list, we extend the statistical analysis of the ICMEs to the solar maximum phase of solar cycle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Yutian Chi , Chenglong Shen , Yuming Wang , Pinzhong Ye , S. Wang

Context. The Sun is an active source of radio emission ranging from long duration radio bursts associated with solar flares and coronal mass ejections to more complex, short duration radio bursts such as solar S bursts, radio spikes and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-19 D. E. Morosan , P. Zucca , D. S. Bloomfield , P. T. Gallagher

This study examines the relationship between early solar coronal mass ejection (CME) propagation, the associated filament eruption, and coronal dimming in the rare event observed on March 28, 2022, which featured a three-part CME in the low…

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations during its first encounter at 35.7 $R_\odot$ have shown the presence of magnetic field lines which are strongly perturbed to the point that they produce local inversions of the radial magnetic field,…

The Sun's magnetic fields play an important role in various solar phenomena. Solar pores are regions of intensified magnetic field strength compared to the surrounding photospheric environment, and their study can help us better understand…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-07 J. I. Campos Rozo , S. Vargas Domínguez , D. Utz , A. M. Veronig , A. Hanslmeier

Recent observations have demonstrated the capability of mapping the solar coronal magnetic field using the technique of coronal seismology based on the ubiquitous propagating Alfvenic/kink waves through imaging spectroscopy. We established…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-14 Yuhang Gao , Hui Tian , Tom Van Doorsselaere , Zihao Yang , Mingzhe Guo , Konstantinos Karampelas

Coronal Mass ejections or CMEs are large dynamical solar-corona events. The mass balance and kinematics of a fast limb CME, including its prominence progenitor and the associated flare, will be compared with computed magnetic structures to…

The formation of shocks within the solar atmosphere remains one of the few observable signatures of energy dissipation arising from the plethora of magnetohydrodynamic waves generated close to the solar surface. Active region observations…

The discovery of ubiquitous low-frequency (3-5mHz) Alfvenic waves in the solar chromosphere (with Hinode/SOT), and corona (with CoMP and the Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO) has provided some insight into the non-thermal energy content of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Scott W. McIntosh , Bart De Pontieu

We use full-disk, SOHO/EIT 195 $\AA$ calibrated images to measure latitudinal and day to day variations of area and average photon fluxes of the near equatorial coronal holes. In addition, energy emitted by the coronal holes with their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-12 K. M. Hiremath , Manjunath Hegde

Coronal heating through the explosive release of magnetic energy remains an open problem in solar physics. Recent hydrodynamical models attempt an investigation by placing swarms of 'nanoflares' at random sites and times in modeled…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-30 K. Moraitis , A. Toutountzi , H. Isliker , M. Georgoulis , L. Vlahos , G. Chintzoglou

Solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are sometimes deflected during their propagation. This deflection may be the consequence of interaction between a CME and a coronal hole or the solar wind. We analyze 44 halo-CMEs whose deflection angle…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Jingjing Wang , J. Todd Hoeksema , Siqing Liu

The Alfv\'en wave energy flux in the corona can be explored using the electron density and velocity amplitude of the waves. The velocity amplitude of Alfv\'en waves can be obtained from the non-thermal velocity of the spectral line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-07-03 Girjesh R. Gupta , G. Del Zanna , H. E. Mason

Total solar eclipses (TSEs) provide a unique opportunity to observe the large-scale solar corona. The solar wind plays an important role in forming the large-scale coronal structure and magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations are used to…

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