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It is generally believed that the magnetic free energy accumulated in the corona serves as a main energy source for solar explosions such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In the framework of the flux rope catastrophe model for CMEs, the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Y. Chen , Y. Q. Hu , S. J. Sun

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) play a decisive role in driving space weather, especially, the fast ones (e.g., with speeds above $800$~km~s$^{-1}$). Understanding the trigger mechanisms of fast CMEs can help us gaining important information…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-11-06 Peng Zou , Chaowei Jiang , Fengsi Wei , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are some of the most energetic and violent events in our solar system. The prediction and understanding of CMEs is of particular importance due to the impact that they can have on Earth-based satellite systems,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 Andrew Alt , Hantao Ji , Jongsoo Yoo , Sayak Bose , Aaron Goodman , Masaaki Yamada

A magnetic flux rope structure is believed to exist in most coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, it has been long debated whether the flux rope exists before eruption or is formed during eruption via magnetic reconnection. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-12-16 Y. Ouyang , K. Yang , P. F. Chen

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

We present observations and modeling of the magnetic field configuration, morphology, and dynamics of a large-scale, high-latitude filament eruption observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory. We analyze the 2015 July 9-10 filament eruption…

The magnetic flux rope (MFR) is believed to be the underlying magnetic structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). However, it remains unclear how an MFR evolves into and forms the multi-component structure of a CME. In this paper, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 X. Cheng , M. D. Ding , Y. Guo , J. Zhang , A. Vourlidas , Y. D. Liu , O. Olmedo , J. Q. Sun , C. Li

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are tightly related to filament eruptions and usually are their continuation in the upper solar corona. It is common practice to divide all observed CMEs into fast and slow ones. Fast CMEs usually follow…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-19 B. Filippov

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

Forecasting the geomagnetic effects of solar storms, known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is currently severely limited by our inability to predict the magnetic field configuration in the CME magnetic core and by observational effects of…

Aims: Our goal is to propagate multiple eruptions - obtained through numerical simulations performed in a previous study - to 1 AU and to analyse the effects of different background solar winds on their dynamics and structure at Earth. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-09 Dana-Camelia Talpeanu , Stefaan Poedts , Elke D'Huys , Marilena Mierla

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and eruptive flares (EFs) are the most energetic explosions in the solar system. Their underlying origin is the free energy that builds up slowly in the sheared magnetic field of a filament channel. We report…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-03 Joel T. Dahlin , Spiro K. Antiochos , C. Richard DeVore

Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large eruptions of magnetised plasma from the Sun that are often accompanied by solar radio bursts produced by accelerated electrons. Aims. A powerful source for accelerating electron beams are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-14 D. E. Morosan , E. Palmerio , J. E. Räsänen , E. K. J. Kilpua , J. Magdalenić , B. J. Lynch , A. Kumari , J. Pomoell , M. Palmroth

The formation of the MFRs in the pre-flare stage, and how this leads to coronal rain in a post-eruption magnetic loop is not fully understood. We explore the formation, and eruption of MFRs, followed by the appearance of coronal rain in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-08-07 Samrat Sen , Avijeet Prasad , Valeriia Liakh , Rony Keppens

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are intense solar explosive eruptions. CMEs are highly important players in solar-terrestrial relationships, and they have important consequences for major geomagnetic storms and energetic particle events. It…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-02-20 Hengqiang Feng , Yan Zhao , Guoqing Zhao , Qiang Liu , Dejin Wu

Solar eruptions are the most powerful drivers of space weather. To understand their cause and nature, it is crucial to know how the coronal magnetic field evolves before eruption. Here we study the formation process of a relatively…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-25 Wen He , Chaowei Jiang , Peng Zou , Aiying Duan , Xueshang Feng , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang

Magnetic flux rope (MFR) is the core structure of the greatest eruptions, i.e., the coronal mass ejections (CMEs), on the Sun, and magnetic clouds are post-eruption MFRs in interplanetary space. There is a strong debate about whether or not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-06 Yuming Wang , Chenglong Shen , Rui Liu , Jiajia Liu , Jingnan Guo , Xiaolei Li , Mengjiao Xu , Qiang Hu , Tielong Zhang

Aims. Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are the most fascinating explosion in the solar system; however, their formation is still not fully understood. Methods. Here, we investigate a well-observed CME on 2021 May 07 that showed a typical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-26 B. T. Wang , X. Cheng , H. Q. Song , M. D. Ding

Active regions are the source of the majority of magnetic flux rope ejections that become Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs). To identify in advance which active regions will produce an ejection is key for both space weather prediction tools and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-02 P. Pagano , D. H. Mackay , S. L. Yardley

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions of plasma from the coronae of stars. Understanding the plasma processes involved in CME initiation has applications to space weather forecasting and laboratory plasma experiments.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-21 Alexander W. James , Gherardo Valori , Lucie M. Green , Yang Liu , Mark C. M. Cheung , Yang Guo , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi