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 …

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 …

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 …

We present the first quantitative comparison between the total magnetic reconnection flux in
the low corona in the wake of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the magnetic flux in …

In this paper we present the results of a statistical study of the accelerations of coronal mass
ejections (CMEs). A CME usually undergoes a multiphased kinematic evolution, with a main …

The fan-spine magnetic topology is believed to be responsible for many curious features in
solar explosive events. A spine field line links distinct flux domains, but direct observation of …

The explosion of space weather research since the early 1990s has been partly fueled by
the unprecedented, uniform, and extended observations of solar disturbances from space …

Solar flare emissions in the chromosphere often appear as elongated ribbons on both sides
of the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL), which has been regarded as evidence of a …

The solar prominence is an example of a space physics phenomenon that can be modeled
as a twisted magnetic flux tube or magnetic flux “rope.” In such models the prominence is …

Whether a magnetic flux rope is pre-existing or formed in situ in the Sun's atmosphere, there
is little doubt that magnetic reconnection is essential to release the flux rope during its …