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Context: Many previous studies have shown that the magnetic precursor of a coronal mass ejection (CME) takes the form of a magnetic flux rope, and a subset of them have become known as `hot flux ropes' due to their emission signatures in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-04 Alexander W James , Lucie M Green , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi , Gherardo Valori

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) observed by the MESSENGER (MES) and Venus Express (VEX) spacecraft have been catalogued and analysed. The ICMEs were identified by a relatively smooth rotation of the magnetic field direction…

Space Physics · Physics 2016-01-20 S. W. Good , R. J. Forsyth

We present a statistical investigation of the radial evolution of 28 interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), measured in situ by the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) spacecraft from 2018 October to 2022 August. First, by analyzing the radial…

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

The SECCHI instruments aboard the recently launched STEREO spacecraft enable for the first time the continuous tracking of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun to 1 AU. We analyze line-of-sight observations of the January 24-25, 2007…

Space Physics · Physics 2009-05-18 N. Lugaz , A. Vourlidas , I. I. Roussev , H. Morgan

On 2012 August 2, two CMEs (CME-1 and CME-2) erupted from the west limb of the Sun as viewed from Earth, and were observed in images from the white light coronagraphs on the SOHO and STEREO spacecraft. These events were also observed by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 Brian E. Wood , Samuel Tun-Beltran , Jason E. Kooi , Emil J. Polisensky , Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla

We present a detailed study of an earth-directed coronal mass ejection (Full halo CME) event happened on 2011 February 15 making use of white light observations by three coronagraphs and radio observations by Wind/WAVES. We applied three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Lei Lu , Bernd Inhester , Li Feng , Siming Liu , Xinhua Zhao

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

We investigate the deflection and rotation behavior of 49 Earth-directed coronal mass ejections (CMEs) spanning the period from 2010 to 2020 aiming to understand the potential influence of coronal holes (CHs) on their trajectories. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 Suresh Karuppiah , Mateja Dumbović , Karmen Martinić , Manuela Temmer , Stephan G. Heinemann , Bojan Vršnak

We study the low corona evolution of the `Cartwheel' coronal mass ejection (CME; 2008-04-09) by reconstructing its 3D path and modeling it with magneto-hydrodynamic simulations. This event exhibits a double-deflection that has been reported…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-01 Abril Sahade , Angelos Vourildas , Laura Balmaceda , Mariana Cecere

On 2018 November 5, about 24 hours before the first close perihelion passage of Parker Solar Probe (PSP), a coronal mass ejection (CME) entered the field of view of the inner detector of the Wide-field Imager for Solar PRobe (WISPR)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-12 Brian E. Wood , Phillip Hess , Russell A. Howard , Guillermo Stenborg , Yi-Ming Wang

We present the results of the observations of a coronal mass ejection (CME), which occurred on May 13, 2009. The most important feature of these observations is that the CME was observed from the very early stage (the solar surface) up to a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-28 Anton Reva , Artem Ulyanov , Sergey Bogachev , Sergey Kuzin

Patsourakos et al. (Astrophys. J. 817, 14, 2016) and Patsourakos and Georgoulis (Astron. Astrophys. 595, A121, 2016) introduced a method to infer the axial magnetic field in flux-rope coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the solar corona and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 S. Patsourakos , M. K. Georgoulis

This Topical Issue of Solar Physics, devoted to the study of flux-rope structure in coronal mass ejections (CMEs), is based on two Coordinated Data Analysis Workshops (CDAWs) held in 2010 (20 - 23 September in Dan Diego, California, USA)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-02 N. Gopalswamy , T. Nieves-Chinchilla , M. Hidalgo , J. Zhang , P. Riley , L. van Driel- Gesztelyi , C. H. Mandrini

We present observations and modeling results of the propagation and impact at Earth of a high-latitude, extended filament channel eruption that commenced on 2015 July 9. The coronal mass ejection (CME) that resulted from the filament…

In order to advance our understanding of the dynamic interactions between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the magnetized solar wind, we investigate the impact of magnetic erosion on the well-known aerodynamic drag force acting on CMEs…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-25 Sotiris Stamkos , Spiros Patsourakos , Angelos Vourlidas , Ioannis A. Daglis

The biggest halo coronal mass ejection (CME) since the Halloween storm in 2003, which occurred on 2006 December 13, is studied in terms of its solar source and heliospheric consequences. The CME is accompanied by an X3.4 flare, EUV dimmings…

A key aim in space weather research is to be able to use remote-sensing observations of the solar atmosphere to extend the lead time of predicting the geoeffectiveness of a coronal mass ejection (CME). In order to achieve this, the magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-16 Erika Palmerio , Emilia K. J. Kilpua , Alexander W. James , Lucie M. Green , Jens Pomoell , Alexey Isavnin , Gherardo Valori

We present results from 3D magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) simulations of the emergence of a twisted convection zone flux tube into a pre-existing coronal dipole field. As in previous simulations, following the partial emergence of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 J. E. Leake , M. G. Linton , S. K. Antiochos

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