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A method for the full three-dimensional (3-D) reconstruction of the trajectories of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) using Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO) data is presented. Four CMEs that were simultaneously observed by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-14 Shane A. Maloney , Peter T. Gallagher , R. T. James McAteer

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

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions from the Sun into interplanetary space. Despite being major space weather drivers, our knowledge of the CME properties in the inner heliosphere remains constrained by the scarcity of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-12 Camilla Scolini , Sergio Dasso , Luciano Rodriguez , Andrei N. Zhukov , Stefaan Poedts

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) often exhibit a three-part structure consisting of a bright inner core, an outer leading edge, and an intervening dark cavity. While the core has traditionally been attributed to prominence material, an…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-12 Sunit Sundar Pradhan , Jayant Joshi , Tanmoy Samanta

We report on the first direct in situ measurements of a fast coronal mass ejection (CME) and shock in the corona, which occurred on 2022 September 5. In situ measurements from the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft near perihelion suggest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-15 Ying D. Liu , Bei Zhu , Hao Ran , Huidong Hu , Mingzhe Liu , Xiaowei Zhao , Rui Wang , Michael L. Stevens , Stuart D. Bale

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

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

In this paper, we study the formation and early evolution of a limb coronal mass ejection (CME) and its associated shock wave that occurred on 2014 January 8. The extreme ultraviolet (EUV) images provided by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-17 Linfeng Wan , Xin Cheng , Tong Shi , Wei Su , M. D. Ding

Context. In the scope of space weather forecasting, it is crucial to be able to more reliably predict the arrival time, speed, and magnetic field configuration of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). From the time a CME is launched, the dominant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-28 K. Martinic , M. Dumbovic , J. Calogovic , B. Vrsnak , N. Al-Haddad , M. Temmer

We report on the closest view of a coronal mass ejection observed by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP)/Wide-field Imager for {Parker} Solar PRobe (WISPR) instrument on September 05, 2022, when PSP was traversing from a distance of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-23 Ritesh Patel , Matthew J. West , Daniel B. Seaton , Phillip Hess , Tatiana Niembro , Katharine K. Reeves

The spectra of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the low corona play a crucial role in understanding their origins and physical mechanism, and enhancing space weather forecasting. However, capturing these spectra faces significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-01 Lami Chan , Xianyong Bai , Hui Tian , Yufei Feng , Yu Xu , Tibor Török , Yuhang Gao , Tanmoy Samanta , Zheng Sun

Stealth coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are eruptions from the Sun that have no obvious low coronal signature. These CMEs are characteristically slower events, but can still be geoeffective and affect space weather at Earth. Therefore,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-11 Jennifer O'kane , Lucie Green , David M. Long , Hamish Reid

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…

White-light observations of the solar corona show that there are two characteristic types of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in terms of speed-height profiles: so-called fast CMEs that attain high speeds low in the corona and slow CMEs that…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 W. Liu , X. P. Zhao , S. T. Wu , P. H. Scherrer

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are immense eruptions of plasma and magnetic fields that are propelled outward from the Sun, sometimes with velocities greater than 2000 km/s. They are responsible for some of the most severe space weather at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-08 Jon Linker , Tibor Torok , Cooper Downs , Ronald Caplan , Viacheslav Titov , Andres Reyes , Roberto Lionello , Pete Riley

We determine the 3D geometry and deprojected mass of 29 well-observed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and their interplanetary counterparts (ICMEs) using combined STEREO-SOHO white-light data. From the geometry parameters we calculate the…

An outstanding problem in heliospheric physics is understanding the acceleration of solar energetic particles (SEP) in coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares. A fundamental question is whether the acceleration occurs in interplanetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-10-09 Kamen Kozarev , Maher A. Dayeh , Ashraf Farahat

We present a statistical result on the properties of solar source regions that have produced 57 fastest front-side coronal mass ejections (CMEs) (speed 1500 km/s) occurred from 1996 June to 2007 January. The properties of these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Yuming Wang , Jie Zhang

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) on stars other than the Sun have proven very difficult to detect. One promising pathway lies in the detection of type II radio bursts. Their appearance and distinctive properties are associated with the…

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are believed to be effective in producing shocks in the solar corona and the interplanetary space. One of the important signatures of shocks and shock acceleration are Type II solar radio bursts that drift with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-28 Nicolina Chrysaphi , Eduard P. Kontar , Gordon D. Holman , Manuela Temmer