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The current study aims to quantify characteristic features of bipolar flux appearance of solar intranetwork (IN) magnetic elements. To attack such a problem, we use the Narrow-band Filter Imager (NFI) magnetograms from the Solar Optical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-03-06 Jingxiu Wang , Guiping Zhou , Chunlan Jin , Hui Li

Coronal dimmings are transient depletions of coronal plasma observed in extreme ultraviolet and soft X-rays, interpreted as low-corona signatures of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Their evolution is closely linked to CME dynamics, flare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-26 Amaia Razquin , Karin Dissauer , Astrid M. Veronig , Graham Barnes

The chromospheric anemone microflares (AMF) are the transient solar phenomena whose emission regions have a multi-ribbon configuration. As distinct from the so-called "atypical" solar flares, also possessing a few ribbons, the temporal and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 Yurii V. Dumin , Boris V. Somov

The slow solar wind exhibits strong variability on timescales from minutes to days, likely related to magnetic reconnection processes in the extended solar corona. Higginson2017b presented a numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulation which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Aleida K. Higginson , Benjamin J. Lynch

Loss of equilibrium of magnetic flux ropes is a leading candidate for the origin of solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The aim of this paper is to explore to what extent this mechanism can account for the initiation of CMEs in the global…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. R. Yeates , D. H. Mackay

We present an analysis of the ionic composition of iron for two interplanetary coronal mass ejections observed in May 21-23 2007 by the ACE and STEREO spacecraft in the context of the magnetic structure of the ejecta flux rope, sheath…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Alysha Reinard , Benjamin Lynch , Tamitha Mulligan

Flux transfer events (FTEs) are a type of magnetospheric phenomena that exhibit distinctive observational signatures from the in-situ spacecraft measurements across the Earth's magnetopause. They are generally believed to possess a magnetic…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-09-20 Shuo Wang , Ying Zou , Qiang Hu , Xueling Shi , Hiroshi Hasegawa

We investigate the turbulent properties of 12 interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) observed by Solar Orbiter between 0.29 and 1.0 AU. We analyze fluctuation power, spectral indices, break scales, and correlations between magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-13 Jyoti Sheoran , Supratik Banerjee , Vaibhav Pant , Dipankar Banerjee , M. Saleem Khan

Context. Space weather and its potential negative consequences for life on Earth has received increasing attention in recent decades. Particularly predicting CME onset has become important from a security perspective. To predict CMEs, one…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-25 Sondre Vik Furuseth , Guillaume Aulanier

The INterplanetary Flux ROpe Simulator (INFROS) is an observationally constrained analytical model dedicated for forecasting the strength of the southward component (Bz) of the magnetic field embedded in interplanetary coronal mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-14 Ranadeep Sarkar , Nandita Srivastava , Nat Gopalswamy , Emilia Kilpua

Magnrtic flux ropes (MFRs) play a crucial role during magnetic reconnection. They are believed to be primarily generated by tearing mode instabilities in the electron diffusion region (EDR). However, they have never been observed inside the…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-05-05 Z. Z. Chen , H. S. Fu , Z. Wang , Z. Z. Guo , Y. Xu , C. M. Liu

Studies for inferring the global characteristics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from its multipoint local in situ observations have been undertaken earlier, but there are limited studies utilizing measurements from multiple spacecraft…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-27 Anjali Agarwal , Wageesh Mishra

Outflows perpendicular to the guide field are believed to be a possible signature of magnetic reconnection in the solar corona and specifically a way to detect the occurrence of ubiquitous small-angle magnetic reconnection. The aim of this…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-05 G. Cozzo , P. Pagano , F. Reale , P. Testa , A. Petralia , J. Martinez-Sykora , V. Hansteen , B. De Pontieu

Context. Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are detected in interplanetary space in association with solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The magnetic connection between the observing spacecraft and the solar active region (AR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-02 S. Dalla , A. Hutchinson , R. A. Hyndman , K. Kihara , N. Nitta , L. Rodriguez-Garcia , T. Laitinen , C. O. G. Waterfall , D. S. Brown

Multiwavelength observations of the propagating disturbances (PDs), discovered by Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO), are analyzed to determine its driving mechanism and physical nature. Two magnetic…

Relating in situ measurements of relativistic solar particles to their parent activity in the corona requires understanding the magnetic structures that guide them from their acceleration site to the Earth. Relativistic particle events are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Sophie Masson , Pascal Démoulin , Sergio Dasso , Karl-Ludwig Klein

We have analyzed multi-wavelength observations and magnetic-field data for the solar flare of May 10, 2012 (04:18 UT) and have detected a sign inversion of the signal in the line-of-sight magnetic measurements in the umbra of a small spot.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 M. A. Livshits , I. Yu. Grigoryeva , I. I. Myshyakov , G. V. Rudenko

The structure of electric current and magnetic helicity in the solar corona is closely linked to solar activity over the 11-year cycle, yet is poorly understood. As an alternative to traditional current-free "potential field"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. R. Yeates , J. A. Constable , P. C. H. Martens

We use magnetic field measurements by the Juno spacecraft to catalog and investigate interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) beyond 1 AU. During its cruise phase, Juno spent about 5 years in the solar wind between 2011 September and…

Space Physics · Physics 2021-12-22 Emma E. Davies , Robert J. Forsyth , Réka M. Winslow , Christian Möstl , Noé Lugaz

Microstreams are fluctuations in the solar wind speed and density associated with polarity-reversing folds in the magnetic field (also denoted switchbacks). Despite their long heritage, the origin of these microstreams/switchbacks remains…