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 …

Sympathetic partial and full filament eruptions observed in one solar breakout event

Y Shen, Y Liu, J Su - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We report two sympathetic solar eruptions including a partial and a full flux rope eruption in
a quadrupolar magnetic region where a large and a small filament resided above the middle …

Magnetic flux ropes in the solar corona: structure and evolution toward eruption

R Liu - Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Magnetic flux ropes are characterized by coherently twisted magnetic field lines, which are
ubiquitous in magnetized plasmas. As the core structure of various eruptive phenomena in …

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 …

Slow rise and partial eruption of a double-decker filament. I. Observations and interpretation

R Liu, B Kliem, T Török, C Liu, VS Titov… - The Astrophysical …, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
We study an active-region dextral filament that was composed of two branches separated in
height by about 13 Mm, as inferred from three-dimensional reconstruction by combining …

Observation of kink instability during small B5. 0 solar flare on 2007 June 4

AK Srivastava, TV Zaqarashvili, P Kumar… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
Using multi-wavelength observations of SOHO/MDI, SOT–Hinode/blue-continuum (4504 Å),
G band (4305 Å), Ca ii H (3968 Å), and TRACE 171 Å, we present the observational …

Filament kinking and its implications for eruption and re-formation

HR Gilbert, D Alexander, R Liu - solar physics, 2007 - Springer
Solar filaments exhibit a range of eruptive-like dynamic activity from the full, or partial,
eruption of the filament mass and surrounding magnetic structure, as a CME, to a fully …

Three-dimensional morphology of a coronal prominence cavity

SE Gibson, TA Kucera, D Rastawicki… - The Astrophysical …, 2010 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a three-dimensional density model of coronal prominence cavities, and a
morphological fit that has been tightly constrained by a uniquely well-observed cavity …

Imaging and spectroscopic observations of a confined solar filament eruption with two-stage evolution

Z Xu, X Yan, L Yang, Z Xue, J Wang… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Solar filament eruptions are often characterized by stepwise evolution due to the
involvement of multiple mechanisms, such as magnetohydrodynamic instabilities and …

Witnessing tether-cutting reconnection at the onset of a partial eruption

H Chen, Y Duan, J Yang, B Yang… - The Astrophysical …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we study the onset process of a solar eruption on 2015 February 21, focusing
on its unambiguous precursor phase. With multiwavelength imaging observations from the …