Magnetic reconnection in the era of exascale computing and multiscale experiments

H Ji, W Daughton, J Jara-Almonte, A Le… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Astrophysical plasmas have the remarkable ability to preserve magnetic topology, which
inevitably gives rise to the accumulation of magnetic energy within stressed regions …

Explosive magnetotail activity

M Sitnov, J Birn, B Ferdousi, E Gordeev… - Space science …, 2019 - Springer
Modes and manifestations of the explosive activity in the Earth's magnetotail, as well as its
onset mechanisms and key pre-onset conditions are reviewed. Two mechanisms for the …

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 …

A model for confined solar eruptions including external reconnection

J Chen, X Cheng, B Kliem… - The Astrophysical Journal …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
The violent disruption of the coronal magnetic field is often observed to be restricted to the
low corona, appearing as a confined eruption. The possible causes of the confinement …

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 …

Physics of erupting solar flux ropes: coronal mass ejections (CMEs)—recent advances in theory and observation

J Chen - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Solar eruptions, observed as flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs), are the most
energetic visible plasma phenomena in the solar system. CMEs are the central component …

Magnetic cage and rope as the key for solar eruptions

T Amari, A Canou, JJ Aly, F Delyon, F Alauzet - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Solar flares are spectacular coronal events that release large amounts of energy. They are
classified as either eruptive or confined,, depending on whether they are associated with a …

Understanding the twist distribution inside magnetic flux ropes by anatomizing an interplanetary magnetic cloud

Y Wang, C Shen, R Liu, J Liu, J Guo… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Magnetic flux rope (MFR) is the core structure of the greatest eruptions, that is, the coronal
mass ejections (CMEs), on the Sun, and magnetic clouds are posteruption MFRs in …

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

W Wang, R Liu, Y Wang, Q Hu, C Shen, C Jiang… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The magnetic flux rope is among the most fundamental magnetic configurations in plasma.
Although its presence after solar eruptions has been verified by spacecraft measurements …

Magnetohydrodynamic modeling of a solar eruption associated with an X9. 3 flare observed in the active region 12673

S Inoue, D Shiota, Y Bamba… - The Astrophysical Journal, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
On 2017 September 6, the solar active region 12673 produced an X9. 3 flare, regarded to be
the largest to have occurred in solar cycle 24. In this work we have performed a …