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Energetic flares and associated coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from young magnetically active solar-like stars can play a critical role in setting conditions for atmospheric escape as well aspenetration of accelerated particles into their…

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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most dynamic phenomena in our solar system. They abruptly disrupt the continuous outflow of solar wind by expelling huge clouds of magnetized plasma into interplanetary space with velocities enabling to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 Manuela Temmer

The propagation properties of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are crucial to predict its geomagnetic effect. A newly developed three dimensional (3D) mask fitting reconstruction method using coronagraph images from three viewpoints has been…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-14 L. Feng , B. Inhester , Y. Wei , W. Q. Gan , T. L. Zhang , M. Y. Wang

The near-Sun kinematics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) determine the severity and arrival time of associated geomagnetic storms. We investigate the relationship between the deprojected speed and kinetic energy of CMEs and magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-19 Sanchita Pal , Dibyendu Nandy , Nandita Srivastava , Nat Gopalswamy , Suman Panda

We present the study of two solar eruptive events observed on December 7 2020 and October 28 2021.Both events were associated with full halo CMEs and flares.These events were chosen because they show a strong non-radial direction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-25 Angelos Valentino , Jasmina Magdalenic

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are complex magnetized plasma structures in which the magnetic field spirals around a central axis, forming what is known as a flux rope (FR). The central FR axis can be oriented at any angle to the ecliptic.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-28 Karmen Martinić , Eleanna Asvestari , Mateja Dumbović , Tobias Rindlisbacher , Manuela Temmer , Bojan Vršnak

The forces acting on solar Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the interplanetary medium have been evaluated so far in terms of an empirical drag coefficient $C_{\rm D} \sim 1$ that quantifies the role of the aerodynamic drag experienced by a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Prasad Subramanian , Alejandro Lara , Andrea Borgazzi

Spheromak type flux ropes are increasingly used for modelling coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Many models aim in accurately reconstructing the magnetic field topology of CMEs, considering its importance in assessing their impact on modern…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-31 Eleanna Asvestari , Tobias Rindlisbacher , Jens Pomoell , Emilia Kilpua

We investigate the coronal and interplanetary evolution of a coronal mass ejection (CME) launched on 2010 September 4 from a source region linking two active regions (ARs) 11101 and 11103, using extreme ultraviolet imaging, magnetogram,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-05-24 Huidong Hu , Ying D. Liu , Rui Wang , Xiaowei Zhao , Bei Zhu , Zhongwei Yang

Understanding the properties, especially the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) invariants, of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) measured in-situ is key to bridging the CME properties from the Sun to interplanetary space. In order to investigate CMEs…

The diffuse morphology and transient nature of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) make them difficult to identify and track using traditional image processing techniques. We apply multiscale methods to enhance the visibility of the faint CME…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-20 Jason P. Byrne , Peter T. Gallagher , R. T. James McAteer , C. Alex Young

A powerful coronal mass ejection (CME) occurred on 2017 September 10 near the end of the declining phase of the historically weak solar cycle 24. We obtain new insights concerning the geometry and kinematics of CME-driven shocks in relation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Ying D. Liu , Bei Zhu , Xiaowei Zhao

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

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale ejections of plasma and magnetic field from the solar corona, which propagate through interplanetary space at velocities of $\sim$100--2500~km~s$^{-1}$. Although plane-of-sky coronagraph…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-09 Shane A. Maloney , Peter T. Gallagher

Predicting the magnetic field within an Earth-directed coronal mass ejection (CME) well before its arrival at Earth is one of the most important issues in space weather research. In this article, we compare the intrinsic flux rope type,…

Prediction of the effects of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on Earth strongly depends on knowledge of the interplanetary magnetic field southward component, Bz. Predicting the strength and duration of Bz inside a CME with sufficient accuracy…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-12-28 M. Kubicka , C. Möstl , T. Amerstorfer , P. D. Boakes , L. Feng , J. P. Eastwood , O. Tormanen

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest type of eruptions on the Sun and the main driver of severe space weather at the Earth. In this study, we implement a force-free spheromak CME description within 3-D magnetohydrodynamic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-20 Gordon J. Koehn , Ravindra T. Desai , Emma E. Davies , Robert J. Forsyth , Jonathan P. Eastwood , Stefaan Poedts

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

We investigate how a weak coronal mass ejection (CME) launched on 2016 October 8 without obvious signatures in the low corona produced a relatively intense geomagnetic storm. Remote sensing observations from SDO, STEREO and SOHO and in situ…

Space Physics · Physics 2018-06-20 Wen He , Ying D. Liu , Huidong Hu , Rui Wang , Xiaowei Zhao