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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions of plasma from the coronae of stars. Understanding the plasma processes involved in CME initiation has applications to space weather forecasting and laboratory plasma experiments.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Alexander W. James , Gherardo Valori , Lucie M. Green , Yang Liu , Mark C. M. Cheung , Yang Guo , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi

Quiescent solar prominences show distinct small-scale dynamics in observations. Their internal density contrasts with the surrounding corona make them susceptible to Rayleigh-Taylor (RT) instabilities, leading to vertically structured…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-10 Madhurjya Changmai , Jack M. Jenkins , Rony Keppens

We present study of the complex event consisting of several solar wind transients detected by Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) on 4 -- 7 August 2011, that caused a geomagnetic storm with Dst$=-$110 nT. The supposed coronal sources --…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-05-12 D. Rodkin , F. Goryaev , P. Pagano , G. Gibb , V. Slemzin , Yu. Shugay , I. Veselovsky , D. H. Mackay

In this paper, we study the formation and early evolution of a limb coronal mass ejection (CME) and its associated shock wave that occurred on 2014 January 8. The extreme ultraviolet (EUV) images provided by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Linfeng Wan , Xin Cheng , Tong Shi , Wei Su , M. D. Ding

An unexpected strong geomagnetic storm occurred on 2018 August 26, which was caused by a slow coronal mass ejection (CME) from a gradual eruption of a large quiet-region filament. We investigate the eruption and propagation characteristics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Chong Chen , Ying D. Liu , Rui Wang , Xiaowei Zhao , Huidong Hu , Bei Zhu

We present an observational study of the plasma dynamics at the base of a solar coronal jet, using high resolution extreme ultraviolet imaging data taken by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager on board Solar Orbiter, and by the Atmospheric…

With Hubble Space Telescope Wide-Field Planetary Camera 2 observations of the Cygnus Loop supernova remnant, we examine the interaction of an interstellar cloud with the blast wave on physical scales of 10^15 cm. The shock front is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 N. A. Levenson , James R. Graham

Comet 17P/Holmes underwent a dramatic outburst in October 2007, caused by the sudden fragmentation of its nucleus and the production of a large quantity of grains scattering sunlight. We report on 90 GHz continuum observations carried out…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 J. Boissier , D. Bockelée-Morvan , N. Biver , J. Crovisier , E. Lellouch , R. Moreno , V. Zakharov

We report ALMA Band 6 continuum observations of 2000 AU resolution toward four massive molecular clouds in the Central Molecular Zone of the Galaxy. To study gas fragmentation, we use the dendrogram method to identify cores as traced by the…

In 2012, Voyager 1 became the first in situ probe of the very local interstellar medium. The Voyager 1 Plasma Wave System has given point estimates of the plasma density spanning about 30 astronomical units (au) of interstellar space,…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2021-12-14 S. K. Ocker , J. M. Cordes , S. Chatterjee , D. A. Gurnett , W. S. Kurth , S. R. Spangler

Using multi-wavelength observations of Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SoHO)/Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI), Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) 171 \AA, and H$\alpha$ from Culgoora Solar Observatory at Narrabri, Australia,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-04 A. K. Srivastava , R. Erdelyi , K. Murawski , Pankaj Kumar

We examine the structure, propagation and expansion of the shock associated with the 2012 July 23 extreme coronal mass ejection (CME). Characteristics of the shock determined from multi-point imaging observations are compared to in situ…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-19 Ying D. Liu , Huidong Hu , Bei Zhu , Janet G. Luhmann , Angelos Vourlidas

This letter presents a numerical study of the evolution of an emission line cloud of initial density 10 cm$^{-3}$, temperature $10^4$ K, and size 200 pc, being overtaken by a strong shock wave. Whereas previous simple models proposed that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Garrelt Mellema , Jaron Kurk , Huub Rottgering

We report the formation of a complicated coronal mass ejection (CME) on 2015 August 23 by using the high temporal and high spatial resolution multi-wavelength observations taken by the Solar Dynamic Observatory and the Solar and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-04 Yadan Duan , Yuandeng Shen , Hechao Chen , Hongfei Liang

Solar prominences are cool, dense stable structures routinely observed in the corona. Prominences are often ejected from the Sun via coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, they are rarely detected in a cool, low-ionized state within CMEs…

The formation of stars is inextricably linked to the structure of their parental molecular clouds. Here we take a number of nearby giant molecular clouds (GMCs) and analyse their column density and mass distributions. This investigation is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-18 D. Froebrich , J. Rowles

A bright prominence associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) was seen erupting from the Sun on 9 April 2008. This prominence was tracked by both the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) EUVI and COR1 telescopes, and was…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-12-16 W. T. Thompson , B. Kliem , T. Török

Turbulence properties are examined before, during and after a coronal mass ejection (CME) detected by the6Wind spacecraft on July 2012. The power-law scaling of the structure functions, providing information on the7power spectral density…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-07 Luca Sorriso-Valvo , Emiliya Yordanova , Andrew P. Dimmock , Daniele Telloni

On 2018 November 5, about 24 hours before the first close perihelion passage of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), a coronal mass ejection (CME) entered the field of view of the inner detector of the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 Brian E. Wood , Phillip Hess , Russell A. Howard , Guillermo Stenborg , Yi-Ming Wang

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions of plasma from the Sun that play an important role in space weather. Faraday rotation (FR) is the rotation of the plane of polarization that results when a linearly polarized signal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-12 Jason E. Kooi , Patrick D. Fischer , Jacob J. Buffo , Steven R. Spangler