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Visible-light observations of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) performed with coronagraphs and heliospheric imagers (in primis on board the SOHO and STEREO missions) have offered so far the best way to study the kinematics and geometrical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 R. Susino , A. Bemporad

A fundamental property of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is their radial expansion, which determines the increase in the CME radial size and the decrease in the CME magnetic field strength as the CME propagates. CME radial expansion can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-19 Bin Zhuang , Noé Lugaz , Nada Al-Haddad , Réka M. Winslow , Camilla Scolini , Charles J. Farrugia , Antoinette B. Galvin

The shape and dynamics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) vary significantly based on the instrument and wavelength used. This has led to significant debate about the proper definitions of CME/shock fronts, pile-up/compression regions, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-27 Oleg Stepanyuk , Kamen Kozarev

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are challenging objects to detect using automated techniques, due to their high velocity and diffuse, irregular morphology. A necessary step to automating the detection process is to first remove the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-15 C. Alex Young , Peter T. Gallagher

Measurements of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) by multiple spacecraft at small radial separations but larger longitudinal separations is one of the ways to learn about the three-dimensional structure of CMEs. Here, we take advantage of the…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are huge expulsions of magnetized matter from the Sun and stars, traversing space with speeds of millions of kilometers per hour. Solar CMEs can cause severe space weather disturbances and consumer power…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-26 Astrid M. Veronig , Petra Odert , Martin Leitzinger , Karin Dissauer , Nikolaus C. Fleck , Hugh S. Hudson

Context. We study two coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed between April 1-2, 2019 by both the inner Wide-Field Imager for Parker Solar Probe (WISPR-I) and the inner heliospheric imager (HI-1) on board STEREO-A. This is the first study of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 Carlos Roberto Braga , Angelos Vourlidas

The Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) provides high cadence and high resolution images of the structure and morphology of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner heliosphere. CME directions and propagation speeds have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-31 Savani , N. P. , Davies , J. A. , Davis , C. J. , Shiota , D. , Rouillard , A. P. , Owens , M. J. , Kusano , K. , Bothmer , V. , Bamford , S. P. , Lintott , C. J. , Smith , A

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 discuss how simultaneous observations by multiple heliospheric imagers can provide some important information about the azimuthal properties of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere. We propose two simple models of CME…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-05-03 N. Lugaz , J. N. Hernandez-Charpak , I. I. Roussev , C. J. Davis , A. Vourlidas , J. A. Davies

The LASCO coronagraphs, in continuous operation since 1995, have observed the evolution of the solar corona and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) over a full solar cycle with high quality images and regular cadence. This is the first time that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Angelos Vourlidas , Russ A. Howard , Ed Esfandiari , Spiros Patsourakos , Seiji Yashiro , Gregorz Michalek

Accurate estimation of propagation characteristics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is crucial for predicting their geoeffectiveness. Stereoscopic techniques to study the kinematics of CMEs generally have been carried out using remote…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-19 Sandeep Kumar , Nandita Srivastava , Parthib Banerjee , Nat Gopalswamy

We compare estimates of the speed and width of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in several catalogs for the CMEs associated with ~200 solar energetic particle (SEP) events in 2006-2013 that included 25 MeV protons. The catalogs used are: CDAW,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-13 Ian G. Richardson , Tycho T. von Rosenvinge , Hilary V. Cane

Previous survey studies reported that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can exhibit various structures in white-light coronagraphs, and $\sim$30\% of them have the typical three-part feature in the high corona (e.g., 2--6 $R_\odot$), which has…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Hongqiang Song , Leping Li , Zhenjun Zhou , Lidong Xia , Xin Cheng , Yao Chen

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest-scale eruptive phenomena in the solar system. Associated with enormous plasma ejections and energy release, CMEs have an important impact on the solar-terrestrial environment. Accurate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-06-29 Zihao Yang , Hui Tian , Xianyong Bai , Yajie Chen , Yang Guo , Yingjie Zhu , Xin Cheng , Yuhang Gao , Yu Xu , Hechao Chen , Jiale Zhang

We present a study of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which impacted one of the STEREO spacecraft between January 2008 and early 2010. We focus our study on 20 CMEs which were observed remotely by the Heliospheric Imagers (HIs) onboard the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-09-12 N. Lugaz , P. Kintner , C. Moestl , L. K. Jian , C. J. Davis , C. J. Farrugia

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are violent ejections of magnetized plasma from the Sun, which can trigger geomagnetic storms, endanger satellite operations and destroy electrical infrastructures on the Earth. After systematically searching…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-09 Hong-peng Lu , Hui Tian , He-chao Chen , Yu Xu , Zhen-yong Hou , Xian-yong Bai , Guang-yu Tan , Zi-hao Yang , Jie Ren

We present an analysis of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by the Heliospheric Imagers (HIs) on board NASA's Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) spacecraft. Between August 2008 and April 2014 we identify 273 CMEs that are…

In 2010 May 23-24, SDO observed the launch of two successive coronal mass ejections (CMEs), which were subsequently tracked by the SECCHI suite onboard STEREO. Using the COR2 coronagraphs and the heliospheric imagers (HIs), the initial…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 N. Lugaz , C. J. Farrugia , J. A. Davies , C. Möstl , C. J. Davis , I. I. Roussev , M. Temmer

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) often show different features in different band-passes. By combining data in white-light (WL) and ultraviolet (UV) bands, we have applied different techniques to derive plasma temperatures, electron density,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-19 Beili Ying , Alessandro Bemporad , Li Feng , Lei Lu , Weiqun Gan , Hui Li