Origin and structures of solar eruptions I: magnetic flux rope

X Cheng, Y Guo, MD Ding - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and solar flares are the large-scale and most energetic
eruptive phenomena in our solar system and able to release a large quantity of plasma and …

Decoding the pre-eruptive magnetic field configurations of coronal mass ejections

S Patsourakos, A Vourlidas, T Török, B Kliem… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
A clear understanding of the nature of the pre-eruptive magnetic field configurations of
Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) is required for understanding and eventually predicting …

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 …

Observing the release of twist by magnetic reconnection in a solar filament eruption

Z Xue, X Yan, X Cheng, L Yang, Y Su, B Kliem… - Nature …, 2016 - nature.com
Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process of topology change and energy release,
taking place in plasmas on the Sun, in space, in astrophysical objects and in the laboratory …

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 …

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 …

Formation of a double-decker magnetic flux rope in the sigmoidal solar active region 11520

X Cheng, MD Ding, J Zhang, XD Sun… - The Astrophysical …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, we address the formation of a magnetic flux rope (MFR) that erupted on 2012
July 12 and caused a strong geomagnetic storm event on July 15. Through analyzing the …

The relation between solar eruption topologies and observed flare features. I. Flare ribbons

A Savcheva, E Pariat, S McKillop… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper we present a topological magnetic field investigation of seven two-ribbon flares
in sigmoidal active regions observed with Hinode, STEREO, and Solar Dynamics …

On the 2012 October 23 circular ribbon flare: emission features and magnetic topology

K Yang, Y Guo, MD Ding - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Circular ribbon flares are usually related to spine-fan type magnetic topology containing null
points. In this paper, we investigate an X-class circular ribbon flare on 2012 October 23 …

Origin and structures of solar eruptions II: Magnetic modeling

Y Guo, X Cheng, MD Ding - Science China Earth Sciences, 2017 - Springer
The topology and dynamics of the three-dimensional magnetic field in the solar atmosphere
govern various solar eruptive phenomena and activities, such as flares, coronal mass …