Earth-affecting solar transients: a review of progresses in solar cycle 24

J Zhang, M Temmer, N Gopalswamy… - Progress in Earth and …, 2021 - Springer
This review article summarizes the advancement in the studies of Earth-affecting solar
transients in the last decade that encompasses most of solar cycle 24. It is a part of the effort …

The origin, early evolution and predictability of solar eruptions

LM Green, T Török, B Vršnak, W Manchester… - Space Science …, 2018 - Springer
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 …

Structure, stability, and evolution of magnetic flux ropes from the perspective of magnetic twist

R Liu, B Kliem, VS Titov, J Chen, Y Wang… - The Astrophysical …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the evolution of NOAA Active Region (AR) 11817 during 2013 August 10–12,
when it developed a complex field configuration and produced four confined, followed by …

Origin and structures of solar eruptions I: magnetic flux rope

X Cheng, Y Guo, MD Ding - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
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 …

Eruption of a multi-flux-rope system in solar active region 12673 leading to the two largest flares in Solar Cycle 24

YJ Hou, J Zhang, T Li, SH Yang, XH Li - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2018 - aanda.org
Context. Solar active region (AR) 12673 in 2017 September produced the two largest flares
in Solar Cycle 24: the X9. 3 flare on September 6 and the X8. 2 flare on September 10. Aims …

Physics of erupting solar flux ropes: coronal mass ejections (CMEs)—recent advances in theory and observation

J Chen - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Solar eruptions, observed as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are the most
energetic visible plasma phenomena in the solar system. CMEs are the central component …

Deciphering the slow-rise precursor of a major coronal mass ejection

X Cheng, C Xing, G Aulanier, SK Solanki… - The Astrophysical …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Coronal mass ejections are explosive plasma phenomena prevalently occurring on the Sun
and probably on other magnetically active stars. However, how their pre-eruptive …

Understanding the twist distribution inside magnetic flux ropes by anatomizing an interplanetary magnetic cloud

Y Wang, C Shen, R Liu, J Liu, J Guo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic flux rope (MFR) is the core structure of the greatest eruptions, that is, the coronal
mass ejections (CMEs), on the Sun, and magnetic clouds are posteruption MFRs in …

The source and engine of coronal mass ejections

MK Georgoulis, A Nindos… - … Transactions of the …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are large-scale expulsions of coronal plasma and magnetic
field propagating through the heliosphere. Because CMEs are observed by white-light …

Decoding the pre-eruptive magnetic field configurations of coronal mass ejections

S Patsourakos, A Vourlidas, T Török, B Kliem… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
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 …