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We investigate the Sun-Earth dynamics of a set of eight well observed solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using data from the STEREO spacecraft. We seek to quantify the extent to which momentum coupling between these CMEs and the ambient…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-24 Nishtha Sachdeva , Prasad Subramanian , Robin Colaninno , Angelos Vourlidas

We present a novel three-dimensional (3D) model of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that unifies all key evolutionary aspects of CMEs and encapsulates their 3D magnetic field configuration. This fully analytic model is capable of reproducing…

Space Physics · Physics 2017-03-07 Alexey Isavnin

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

The evolution and propagation of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in interplanetary space is still not well understood. As a consequence, accurate arrival time and arrival speed forecasts are an unsolved problem in space weather research. In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-11-10 J. Hinterreiter , T. Amerstorfer , M. Temmer , M. A. Reiss , A. J. Weiss , C. Möstl , L. A. Barnard , J. Pomoell , M. Bauer , U. V. Amerstorfer

Methods: Stealth CMEs represent a particular class of solar eruptions that are clearly distinguished in coronagraph observations, but they don't have a clear source signature. A particular type of stealth CMEs occurs in the trailing current…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-05-20 D. -C. Talpeanu , E. Chané , S. Poedts , E. D'Huys , M. Mierla , I. Roussev , S. Hosteaux

Simulating coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from their origin in active regions (ARs) to their propagation to Earth remains challenging, particularly when aiming to resolve AR scales and employ realistic magnetic field strengths without…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-08 Chaowei Jiang , Xueshang Feng , Liping Yang , Huichao Li , Jinhan Guo , Pingbing Zuo , Yi Wang

The mass evolution of a coronal mass ejection (CME) is an important parameter characterizing the drag force acting on a CME as it propagates through interplanetary space. Spacecraft measure in-situ plasma densities of CMEs during crossing…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-26 L. Holzknecht , M. Temmer , M. Dumbovic , S. Wellenzohn , K. Krikova , S. G. Heinemann , M. Rodari , B. Vrsnak , A. M. Veronig

There is a growing interest in searching for coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in other stellar systems because they are thought to be one of the important factors shaping planetary atmospheres. We investigated the possible spectral signatures…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-08 Yu Xu , Hui Tian , Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez , Jeremy J. Drake , Gustavo Guerrero

Many coronal mass ejections (CMEs) initially propagate non-radially, and then transition to radial propagation in the corona. This directional transition is a significant process that determines a CME's space weather effects but remains…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-02-05 Huidong Hu , Chong Chen , Yiming Jiao , Bei Zhu , Rui Wang , Xiaowei Zhao , Liping Yang

Motivated by the need to improve the ability to forecast whether a certain coronal mass ejection (CME) is to impact Earth, and by the insufficiency of statistical studies that analyze the whole erupting system with the focus on the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-21 M. V. Sieyra , M. Cécere , H. Cremades , F. A. Iglesias , A. Sahade , M. Mierla , G. Stenborg , A. Costa , M. West , E. D'Huys

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

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are defined as ''coherent'' if they are capable of responding to external perturbations in a collective manner. This implies that information must be able to propagate across ICME structures,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-12-08 Camilla Scolini , Noe Lugaz , Reka M. Winslow , Charles J. Farrugia , Norbert Magyar , Fabio Bacchini

Solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most significant drivers of adverse space weather at Earth, but the physics governing their propagation through the heliosphere is not well understood. While stereoscopic imaging of CMEs with the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-15 Jason P. Byrne , Shane A. Maloney , R. T. James McAteer , Jose M. Refojo , Peter T. Gallagher

Context: Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptions of plasma from the Sun that travel through interplanetary space and may encounter Earth. CMEs often enclose a magnetic flux rope (MFR), the orientation of which largely determines the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Vincent E. Ledvina , Erika Palmerio , Christina Kay , Nada Al-Haddad , Pete Riley

The acceleration of protons and electrons to high (sometimes GeV/nucleon) energies by solar phenomena is a key component of space weather. These solar energetic particle (SEP) events can damage spacecraft and communications, as well as…

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,…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are more energetic than any other class of solar phenomena. They arise from the rapid release of up to $10^{33}$ erg of magnetic energy mainly in the form of particle acceleration and bulk plasma motion. Their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-25 Julián D. Alvarado-Gómez , Jeremy J. Drake , Ofer Cohen , Federico Fraschetti , Cecilia Garraffo , Katja Poppenhäger

The successive coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from 2010 July 30 - August 1 present us the first opportunity to study CME-CME interactions with unprecedented heliospheric imaging and in situ observations from multiple vantage points. We…

A Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) was detected crossing the radio signals transmitted by the Mars Express (MEX) and Tianwen-1 (TIW) spacecraft at a solar elongation of $4.4^{o}$. The impact of the CME was clearly identifiable in the spacecraft…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-05 Jasper Edwards , Guifré Molera Calvés , John Morgan , Mark Cheung

Understanding of the kinematic evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the heliosphere is important to estimate their arrival time at the Earth. It is found that kinematics of CMEs can change when they interact or collide with each…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Wageesh Mishra , Nandita Srivastava , D. Chakrabarty