This paper outlines the current understanding of solar flares, mainly focused on
magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) processes responsible for producing a flare. Observations …

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest-scale eruptive phenomenon in the solar
system, expanding from active region-sized nonpotential magnetic structure to a much larger …

Context. The standard CSHKP model for eruptive flares is two-dimensional. Yet
observational interpretations of photospheric currents in pre-eruptive sigmoids, shear in post …

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 …

Strong solar flares and coronal mass ejections, here defined not only as the bursts of
electromagnetic radiation but as the entire process in which magnetic energy is released …

The first flare on the Sun was observed exactly 150 years ago. During most of the long
history, only secondary effects have been noticed, so flares remained a riddle. Now the …

Context. A standard model for eruptive flares aims at describing observational 3D features of
the reconnecting coronal magnetic field. Extensions to the 2D model require the physical …

In the wake of the 2003 November 4 coronal mass ejection associated with the largest solar
flare of the last sunspot cycle, a current sheet (CS) was observed by the Ultraviolet …

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are a prominent contributor to solar system space weather
and might have impacted the Sun's early angular momentum evolution. A signal diagnostic …

This unique, authoritative book introduces and accurately depicts the current state-of-the art
in the field of space storms. Professor Koskinen, renowned expert in the field, takes the basic …