Buildup of a highly twisted magnetic flux rope during a solar eruption

Wensi Wang; Rui Liu; Yuming Wang; Qiang Hu; Chenglong Shen; Chaowei Jiang; Chunming Zhu

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-01207-x

Nature Communications (Nov 2017)

Buildup of a highly twisted magnetic flux rope during a solar eruption

Wensi Wang,
Rui Liu,
Yuming Wang,
Qiang Hu,
Chenglong Shen,
Chaowei Jiang,
Chunming Zhu

Affiliations

Wensi Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Rui Liu: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Yuming Wang: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Qiang Hu: Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research, The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Chenglong Shen: CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment, Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
Chaowei Jiang: Institute of Space Science and Applied Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology
Chunming Zhu: Department of Physics, Montana State University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01207-x
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Solar eruptions provide opportunities to study magnetic flux ropes, a structure of fundamental importance for both plasma physics and space weather. Here the authors reveal the dynamic formation of a flux rope through its footprint on the solar surface, revealing a highly twisted core structure.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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