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Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are energetic storms in the Sun that result in the ejection of large-scale magnetic clouds (MCs) in interplanetary space that contain enhanced magnetic fields with coherently changing field direction. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-09 Sanchita Pal , Dibyendu Nandy , Emilia K J Kilpua

We propose a new model for the initiation of a solar coronal mass ejection (CME). The model agrees with two properties of CMEs and eruptive flares that have proved to be very difficult to explain with previous models. a) Very low-lying…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 S. K. Antiochos , C. R. DeVore , J. A. Klimchuk

The process by which the Sun affects the terrestrial environment on short timescales is predominately driven by the amount of magnetic reconnection between the solar wind and Earth's magnetosphere. Reconnection occurs most efficiently when…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 N. P. Savani , A. Vourlidas , A. Szabo , M. L. Mays , I. G. Richardson , B. J. Thompson , A. Pulkkinen , R. Evans , T. Nieves-Chinchilla

Understanding the early evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), in particular their initiation, is the key to forecasting solar eruptions and induced disastrous space weather. Although many initiation mechanisms have been proposed, a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-27 Chen Xing , Guillaume Aulanier , Xin Cheng , Chun Xia , Mingde Ding

This study quantifies how uncertainty in physically meaningful coronal mass ejection (CME) and solar-wind inputs propagates into forecast-relevant diagnostics from eruption to 1 AU. We use a semi-analytic erupting flux rope (EFR) model to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-07 S. Stamkos , S. Patsourakos , A. Vourlidas , E. Paouris

In an effort to develop computational tools for predicting radiation hazards from solar energetic particles (SEPs), we have created a data-driven physics-based particle transport model to calculate the injection, acceleration and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-14 Ming Zhang , Lei Cheng , Ju Zhang , Pete Riley , Ryun Young Kwon , David Lario , Laura Balmaceda , Nikolai Pogorelov

We examine the energetics of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) with data from the LASCO coronagraphs on SOHO. The LASCO observations provide fairly direct measurements of the mass, velocity and dimensions of CMEs. Using these basic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Angelos Vourlidas , Prasad Subramanian , K. P. Dere , R. A. Howard

Solar Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale ejections of plasma and magnetic field from the corona, which propagate through interplanetary space. CMEs are the most significant drivers of adverse space weather on Earth, but the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-22 Shane Maloney

The so-called drag-based model (DBM) simulates analytically the propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in interplanetary space and allows the prediction of their arrival times and impact speeds at any point in the heliosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-30 T. Žic , B. Vršnak , M. Temmer

We present a 3-D morphological and field reconstruction of a coronal mass ejection (CME) from 2023 November 28, which hits three spacecraft near 1 au: Wind at Earth's L1 Lagrange point; STEREO-A with a longitudinal separation of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-07 Brian E. Wood , Phillip Hess

The free energy that is dissipated in a magnetic reconnection process of a solar flare, generally accompanied by a coronal mass ejection (CME), has been considered as the ultimate energy source of the global energy budget of solar flares in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 Markus J. Aschwanden , Nat Gopalswamy

One of the goals of Space Weather studies is to achieve a better understanding of impulsive phenomena, such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), in order to improve our ability to forecast them and mitigate the risk to our technologically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-21 R. Mugatwala , S. Chierichini , G. Francisco , G. Napoletano , R. Foldes , L. Giovannelli , G. De Gasperis , E. Camporeale , R. Erdélyi , D. Del Moro

We present an automated pipeline for operational short-term forecasting of coronal mass ejection (CME) magnetic field structure at L1, coupling arrival time prediction, in situ detection, and iterative flux rope reconstruction, following…

The arrival time prediction of Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is an area of active research. Many methods with varying levels of complexity have been developed to predict CME arrival. However, the mean absolute error (MAE) of predictions…

We present a method for tracking and predicting the propagation and evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using the imagers on the STEREO and SOHO satellites. By empirically modeling the material between the inner core and leading edge…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-28 Samuel Schreiner , Cynthia Cattell , Kris Kersten , Adam Hupach

The solar wind drag-based model is a widely used framework for predicting the propagation of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) through interplanetary space. This model primarily considers the aerodynamic drag exerted by the solar wind on CMEs.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-19 Mattia Rossi , Sabrina Guastavino , Michele Piana , Anna Maria Massone

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun into the heliosphere and are the most important driver of space weather. The geo-effectiveness of a CME is primarily determined by its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-26 Devojyoti Kansabanik

We carry out a numerical simulation depicting the effects of a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) event on a close-in giant planet in an extrasolar system. We drive the CME in a similar manner as in simulations of space weather events on Earth.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 O. Cohen , V. L. Kashyap , J. J. Drake , I. V. Sokolov , T. I. Gombosi

Shocks driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are primary drivers of gradual solar energetic particle (SEP) events, posing significant risks to space technology and astronauts. Concurrently, particles accelerated at these shocks may also…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are phenomena in which the Sun suddenly releases a mass of energy and magnetized plasma, potentially leading to adverse space weather. Numerical simulation provides an important avenue for comprehensively…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-21 Jinnan Cai , Ling Zhang , Chaowei Jiang , Kuo Yan , Xueshang Feng , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang