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Context. Data-constrained models incorporate observed photospheric magnetic fields. However, due to the lack of magnetic field information in the rest of the solar atmosphere, models rely on extrapolations that, in most cases, neglect the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 M. V. Sieyra , A. Strugarek , A. Prasad , A. Wagner , P. Démoulin , F. Moreno-Insertis , A. J. Finley , R. Joshi , A. Blaise , A. S. Brun , E. Buchlin

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most powerful explosions in the Sun. They are major sources of potentially destructive space weather conditions. However, the possible causes of their initiation remain controversial.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 X. L. Yan , C. W. Jiang , Z. K. Xue , J. C. Wang , E. R. Priest , L. H. Yang , D. F. Kong , W. D. Cao , H. S. Ji

Two X-class solar flares occurred on 2017 September 6 from active region NOAA 12673: the first one is a confined X2.2 flare, and it is followed only $\sim 3$ hours later by the second one, which is the strongest flare in solar cycle 24,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-19 Peng Zou , Chaowei Jiang , Fengsi Wei , Xueshang Feng , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang

We study the magnetic field evolution in the active region (AR) 12673 that produced the largest solar flare in the past decade on 2017 September 6. Fast flux emergence is one of the most prominent features of this AR. We calculate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 Rui Wang , Ying D. Liu , J. Todd Hoeksema , I. V. Zimovets , Yang Liu

We present evidence that a magnetic flux rope was formed before a coronal mass ejection (CME) and its associated long-duration flare during a pair of preceding confined eruptions and associated impulsive flares in a compound event in NOAA…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-17 Bernhard Kliem , Jeongwoo Lee , Rui Liu , Stephen M. White , Chang Liu , Satoshi Masuda

In this paper, we address the formation of a magnetic flux rope (MFR) that erupted on 2012 July 12 and caused a strong geomagnetic storm event on July 15. Through analyzing the long-term evolution of the associated active region observed by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 X. Cheng , M. D. Ding , J. Zhang , X. D. Sun , Y. Guo , Y. M. Wang , B. Kliem , Y. Y. Deng

During eruptive solar flares and coronal mass ejections, a non-pot{\-}ential magnetic arcade with much excess magnetic energy goes unstable and reconnects. It produces a twisted erupting flux rope and leaves behind a sheared arcade of hot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 Eric Priest , Dana Longcope , Miho Janvier

The energy storage and trigger mechanisms of solar flares are important for understanding of solar activity. We analyzed multi-wavelength observations of a M1.5 flare on 1 August 2014, in active region NOAA 12127 (SOL2014-08-01T18:13).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-04 S. Liu , J. T. Su

New emerging flux (NEF) has long been considered a mechanism for solar eruptions, but detailed process remains an open question. In this work, we explore how NEF drives a coronal magnetic configuration to erupt. This configuration is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-22 Yuhao Chen , Jialiang Hu , Guanchong Cheng , Jing Ye , Zhixing Mei , Chengcai Shen , Jun Lin

The X1 flare and associated filament eruption occurring in NOAA Active Region 12017 on SOL2014-03-29 has been the source of intense study. In this work, we analyse the results of a series of non linear force free field extrapolations of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-11 Magnus M. Woods , Satoshi Inoue , Louise K. Harra , Sarah A. Matthews , Kanya Kusano , Nadine M. E. Kalmoni

Context. Some of the most dynamic active regions are associated with complex photospheric magnetic configurations such as quadrupolar regions, and especially ones with a $\delta$-spot configuration and a strong Polarity Inversion Line…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 P. Syntelis , E. J. Lee , C. W. Fairbairn , V. Archontis , A. W. Hood

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

Coronal implosions - the convergence motion of plasmas and entrained magnetic field in the corona due to a reduction in magnetic pressure - can help to locate and track sites of magnetic energy release or redistribution during solar flares…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-06 Juntao Wang , P. J. A. Simoes , L. Fletcher , J. K. Thalmann , H. S. Hudson , I. G. Hannah

Both observations and simulations suggest that the solar filament eruption is closely related to magnetic flux emergence. It is thought that the eruption is triggered by magnetic reconnection between the filament and the emerging flux.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Leping Li , Hardi Peter , Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta , Hongqiang Song , Zhe Xu , Yongyuan Xiang

We have simulated the 3D emergence and interaction of two twisted flux tubes, which rise from the interior into the outer atmosphere of the Sun. We present evidence for the multiple formation and eruption of flux ropes inside the emerging…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. Archontis , A. W. Hood

The cluster formed by active regions (ARs) NOAA 11121 and 11123, approximately located on the solar central meridian on 11 November 2010, is of great scientific interest. This complex was the site of violent flux emergence and the source of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-14 H. Cremades , C. H. Mandrini , B. Schmieder , A. M. Crescitelli

Magnetic flux emergence is traditionally considered a key trigger of solar filament eruptions; however, its role in suppressing filament eruptions remains less understood. Using multi-wavelength observations from the Solar Dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-26 Chengrui Zhou , Yuandeng Shen , Chun Xia , Hao Liang , Zehao Tang , Dongxu Liu , Surui Yao

Flares and eruptions from solar active regions are associated with atmospheric electrical currents accompanying distortions of the coronal field away from a lowest-energy potential state. In order to better understand the origin of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-06 C. J. Schrijver

To better understand the structures of active-region filaments and the eruption process, we study an active-region filament eruption in active region NOAA 11082 in detail on June 22, 2010. Before the filament eruption, the opposite…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 X. L. Yan , Z. K. Xue , J. H. Liu , D. F. Kong , C. L. Xu

We investigate the transverse coronal-loop oscillations induced by the eruption of a prominence-carrying flux rope on 7 December 2012. The flux rope originating from NOAA Active Region (AR) 11621 was observed in EUV wavelengths by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-09 Q. M. Zhang , J. L. Chen , S. T. Li , L. Lu , D. Li