Formation and dynamics of a solar eruptive flux tube

Satoshi Inoue; Kanya Kusano; Jörg Büchner; Jan Skála

doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02616-8

Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Formation and dynamics of a solar eruptive flux tube

Satoshi Inoue,
Kanya Kusano,
Jörg Büchner,
Jan Skála

Affiliations

Satoshi Inoue: Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Kanya Kusano: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University
Jörg Büchner: Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research
Jan Skála: Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02616-8
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Solar eruptions are large explosions occurring in the solar atmosphere. Here, the authors perform magnetohydrodynamic simulations to unveil the dynamics of a solar eruption, and find that these are dominated by nonlinear processes involving flux tube evolution and reconnection.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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