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This Letter investigates the spectral characteristics of the interplanetary magnetic field fluctuations at proton scales during several time intervals chosen along the speed profile of a fast stream. The character of the fluctuations within…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-30 R. Bruno , D. Telloni

Parker Solar Probe (PSP) observations during its first encounter at 35.7 $R_\odot$ have shown the presence of magnetic field lines which are strongly perturbed to the point that they produce local inversions of the radial magnetic field,…

Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence in the solar wind is observed to show the spectral behavior of classical Kolmogorov fluid turbulence over an inertial subrange and departures from this at short wavelengths, where energy should be…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. D. Bale , P. J. Kellogg , F. S. Mozer , T. S. Horbury , H. Reme

Solar atmosphere is a single system unified by the presence of large-scale magnetic fields. Topological changes in magnetic fields that occur in one place may have consequences for coronal heating and eruptions for other, even remote…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-02-05 Alexei A. Pevtsov

We use the high sensitivity to magnetic flux of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations in large quantum dots to investigate changes in the two-dimensional electron dispersion caused by an in-plane magnetic field. In particular, changes in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 D. M. Zumbuhl , J. B. Miller , C. M. Marcus , V. I. Fal'ko , T. Jungwirth , J. S. Harris

We studied the kinematic evolution of the 8 October 2007 CME in the corona based on Sun-Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) onboard satellite B of Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO). The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-03-17 Chenglong Shen , Yuming Wang , Bin Gui , Pinzhong Ye , S. Wang

The magnetic orientation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is of great importance to understand their space weather effects. Although many evidences suggest that CMEs can undergo significant rotation during the early phases of evolution in…

Propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun far into interplanetary space is not well understood due to limited observations. In this study we examine the propagation characteristics of two geo-effective CMEs, which occurred…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 Xiaowei Zhao , Ying D. Liu , Huidong Hu , Rui Wang

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can be continuously tracked through a large portion of the inner heliosphere by direct imaging in visible and radio wavebands. White-light (WL) signatures of solar wind transients, such as CMEs, result from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-22 Ming Xiong , Jackie A. Davies , Xueshang Feng , Mathew J. Owens , Richard A. Harrison , Chris J. Davis , Ying D. Liu

The most probable initial magnetic configuration of a CME is a flux rope consisting of twisted field lines which fill the whole volume of a dark coronal cavity. The flux ropes can be in stable equilibrium in the coronal magnetic field for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Boris Filippov , Olesya Martsenyuk , Abhishek K. Srivastava , Wahab Uddin

The strength and morphology of the Sun's magnetic field evolves significantly during the solar cycle, with the overall polarity of the Sun's magnetic field reversing during the maximum of solar activity. Long-term changes are also observed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-01 Adam J. Finley , Allan Sacha Brun

Detailed hydrodynamic modeling explained several features of a fragment of the core of a Coronal Mass Ejection observed with SoHO/UVCS at 1.7 Ro on 12 December 1997, but some questions remained unsolved. We investigate the role of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Pagano , F. Reale , S. Orlando , G. Peres

The solar wind provides a natural laboratory for observations of MHD turbulence over extended temporal scales. Here, we apply a model independent method of differencing and rescaling to identify self-similarity in the Probability Density…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Bogdan Hnat , Sandra C. Chapman , George Rowlands

We combine a convectively driven dynamo in a spherical shell with a nearly isothermal density-stratified cooling layer that mimics some aspects of a stellar corona to study the emergence and ejections of magnetic field structures. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-16 Jörn Warnecke , Petri J. Käpylä , Maarit. J. Mantere , Axel Brandenburg

Solar wind turbulence is a dynamical phenomenon that evolves with heliocentric distance. Orbiting Mars since September 2014, Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN (MAVEN) offers a unique opportunity to explore some of its main properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-27 Norberto Romanelli , Nahuel Andres , Gina DiBraccio , Jaye Verniero , Jacob Gruesbeck , Adam Szabo , Jared Espley , Jasper Halekas

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

We report on a numerical investigation of two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which interact as they propagate in the inner heliosphere. We focus on the effect of the orientation of the CMEs relative to each other by performing four different…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-17 N. Lugaz , C. J. Farrugia , W. B. Manchester , N. Schwadron

To measure the floor in interplanetary magnetic field and estimate the time- invariant open magnetic flux of Sun, it is necessary to know a part of magnetic field of Sun carried away by CMEs. In contrast with previous papers, we did not use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-19 Yu. I. Yermolaev , I. G. Lodkina , N. S. Nikolaeva , M. Yu. Yermolaev

Shocks associated with Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections are known to energize charged particles and give rise to Solar Energetic Particles. Many of these energetic particles move ahead of the shock to create a foreshock region. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-30 Shanwlee Sow Mondal , Aveek Sarkar , Sofiane Bourouaine

Local particle acceleration in the shock sheath region formed during the interaction between multiple coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is a complicated process that is still under investigation. On March 23, 2024, the successive eruption of…