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Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are associated with the eruption of magnetic flux ropes (MFRs), which usually appear as hot channels in active regions and coronal cavities in quiet-Sun regions. CMEs often exhibit the classical three-part…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-20 Hongqiang Song , Leping Li , Yao Chen

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

Although all coronal mass ejections (CMEs) that propagate into the heliosphere should contain a magnetic flux rope (MFR) component, the majority do not exhibit the expected white-light MFR morphology of a leading edge plus cavity. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 Cecilia Mac Cormack , Abril Sahade , Angelos Vourlidas , Phillip Hess , Robin Colaninno , Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla

So far most studies on the structure of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are conducted through white-light coronagraphs, which demonstrate about one third of CMEs exhibit the typical three-part structure in the high corona (e.g., beyond 2 Rs),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-08 H. Q. Song , J. Zhang , L. P. Li , Y. D. Liu , B. Zhu , B. Wang , R. S. Zheng , Y. Chen

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most spectacular eruptive phenomena in the solar atmosphere. It is generally accepted that CMEs are results of eruptions of magnetic flux ropes (MFRs). However, a heated debate is on whether MFRs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Hongqiang Song , Jie Zhang , Yao Chen , Xin Cheng

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) typically exhibit a three-component structure in white-light (WL) coronagraphs. Utilizing the seamless observations of the inner corona ($\le$ 3 R$_\odot$), we have revealed the early evolution of the cavity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-21 Shuting Li , Li Feng , Beili Ying , Hongqiang Song , Guanglu Shi , Jiahui Shan , Jie Zhao , Weiqun Gan

Magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) are believed to be at the heart of solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs). A well-known example is the prominence cavity in the low corona that sometimes makes up a three-part white-light (WL) CME upon its eruption.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Bin Chen , Timothy S. Bastian , Dale E. Gary

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

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares are the large-scale and most energetic eruptive phenomena in our solar system and able to release a large quantity of plasma and magnetic flux from the solar atmosphere into the solar wind.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-13 X. Cheng , Y. Guo , M. D. Ding

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 intend to provide a comprehensive answer to the question on whether all Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have flux rope structure. To achieve this, we present a synthesis of the LASCO CME observations over the last sixteen years, assisted…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Angelos Vourlidas , Ben J. Lynch , Russ A. Howard , Yan Li

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the eruptions of magnetised plasma from the Sun and are considered the main driver of adverse space weather events. Hence, undrstanding its formation process, particularly the magnetic topology, is critical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Jinhan Guo , Y. W. Ni , B. Schmieder , Y. Guo , C. Xia , P. Devi , R. Chandra , S. Poedts , R. Joshi , Y. H. Zhou , H. T. Li , P. F. Chen

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

Recent Solar Dynamic Observatory observations reveal that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) consist of a multi-temperature structure: a hot flux rope and a cool leading front (LF). The flux rope first appears as a twisted hot channel in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 X. Cheng , J. Zhang , D. M. Ding , Y. Liu , W. Poomvises

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and coronal jets are two of the best-studied forms of solar eruptions, with the same underlying physics. Previous studies have presented partial eruptions producing coronal jets. We report, for the first time,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-26 Abril Sahade , Judith Karpen , Spiro Antiochos

The 3-part appearance of many CMEs arising from erupting filaments emerges from a large magnetic flux tube structure, consistent with the form of the erupting filament system. Other CMEs arising from erupting filaments lack a clear 3-part…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-06-15 Joe Hutton , Huw Morgan

Understanding the magnetic configuration of the source regions of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is vital in order to determine the trigger and driver of these events. Observations of four CME productive active regions are presented here,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-17 Lucie M. Green , Bernhard Kliem

A clear understanding of the nature of the pre-eruptive magnetic field configurations of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) is required for understanding and eventually predicting solar eruptions. Only two, but seemingly disparate, magnetic…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) were discovered in the early 1970s when space-borne coronagraphs revealed that eruptions of plasma are ejected from the Sun. Today, it is known that the Sun produces eruptive flares, filament eruptions, coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-03-14 Lucie Green , Tibor Torok , Bojan Vrsnak , Ward Manchester , Astrid Veronig

Interest in stealth coronal mass ejections (CMEs) is increasing due to their relatively high occurrence rate and space weather impact. However, typical CME signatures such as extreme-ultraviolet dimmings and post-eruptive arcades are hard…

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