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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

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

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

We present a study that combines remote-sensing and in-situ observations of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) interacting with the nearby heliospheric current sheet (HCS). The sequence of eruptive events under study culminates in the largest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-12 Manuela Temmer , Stephan G. Heinemann , Nina Dresing , Mateja Dumbovic , Eleanna Asvestari

We analyze the detection capability of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) for all currently operating coronagraphs in space. We define as CMEs events that propagate beyond 10 solar radii with morphologies broadly consistent with a magnetic flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-11 Angelos Vourlidas , L. A. Balmaceda , H. Xie , O. C. St. Cyr

The traditional cone models achieve great success in studying the geometrical and kinematic properties of halo coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In this paper, a revised cone model is proposed to investigate the properties of CMEs as a result…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-09-08 Q. M. Zhang

Aims: We investigate whether solar coronal mass ejections are driven mainly by coupling to the ambient solar wind or through the release of internal magnetic energy. Methods: We examine the energetics of 39 flux-rope like coronal mass…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Prasad Subramanian , Angelos Vourlidas

Solar energetic particles (SEPs) accelerated from shocks driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are one of the major causes of geomagnetic storms on Earth. Therefore, it is necessary to predict the occurrence and intensity of such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-26 Anitha Ravishankar , Grzegorz Michalek

Coronal Mass ejections or CMEs are large dynamical solar-corona events. The mass balance and kinematics of a fast limb CME, including its prominence progenitor and the associated flare, will be compared with computed magnetic structures to…

Solar coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale eruptions of plasma and magnetic field from the Sun into the corona and interplanetary space. They are the most significant drivers of adverse space weather at Earth and other locations in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-20 Jason P. Byrne

We use high time cadence images acquired by the STEREO EUVI and COR instruments to study the evolution of coronal mass ejections (CMEs), from their initiation, through the impulsive acceleration to the propagation phase. For a set of 95…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 B. M. Bein , S. Berkebile-Stoiser , A. M. Veronig , M. Temmer , N. Muhr , I. Kienreich , D. Utz , B. Vršnak

Solar Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale ejections of plasma and magnetic field from the corona, which propagate through interplanetary space. CMEs are the most significant drivers of adverse space weather on Earth, but the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-10-22 Shane Maloney

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

In this paper, we analyze 91 coronal mass ejection (CME) events studied by Manoharan et al. (2004) and Gopalswamy and Xie (2008). These earth-directed CMEs are large (width $>$160$^\circ$) and cover a wide range of speeds ($\sim$120--2400…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 P. K. Manoharan , A. Mujiber Rahman

Eruptions of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) from the Sun are usually associated with a number of signatures that can be identified in solar disc imagery. However, there are cases in which a CME that is well observed in coronagraph data is…

We reconstruct the morphology and kinematics of a series of small transients that erupt from the Sun on 2021 April 24 using observations primarily from Parker Solar Probe (PSP). These sequential small coronal mass ejections (CMEs) may be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-16 Brian E. Wood , Phillip Hess , Yu Chen , Qiang Hu

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large scale eruptions observed close to the Sun. They are travelling through the heliosphere and possibly interacting with the Earth environment creating interruptions or even damaging new technology…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-07-08 C. Verbeke , B. Schmieder , P. Démoulin , S. Dasso , B. Grison , E. Samara , C. Scolini , S. Poedts

As the most energetic eruptions in the solar system, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can produce shock waves at both their front and flanks as they erupt from the Sun into the heliosphere. However, the amount of energy produced in these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 David M. Long , Deborah Baker , David R. Williams , Eoin P. Carley , Peter T. Gallagher , Pietro Zucca

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are powered by magnetic energy stored in electric currents in coronal magnetic fields, with the pre-CME field in balance between outward magnetic pressure of the proto-ejecta and inward magnetic tension from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-21 J. Suzuki , B. T. Welsch , Y. Li

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