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A dynamic magnetic tension force as the cause of failed solar eruptions

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  • Clayton E. Myers

    (Princeton University
    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

  • Masaaki Yamada

    (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

  • Hantao Ji

    (Princeton University
    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
    Laboratory for Space Environment and Physical Sciences, Harbin Institute of Technology)

  • Jongsoo Yoo

    (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

  • William Fox

    (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

  • Jonathan Jara-Almonte

    (Princeton University
    Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory)

  • Antonia Savcheva

    (Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

  • Edward E. DeLuca

    (Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Abstract

Coronal mass ejections are driven by a sudden release of magnetic energy stored in flux ropes in the Sun’s corona, but when the ambient magnetic field that runs toroidally along an unstable flux rope is strong enough to prevent the flux rope from kinking, a dynamic magnetic tension force halts the eruption.

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  • Clayton E. Myers & Masaaki Yamada & Hantao Ji & Jongsoo Yoo & William Fox & Jonathan Jara-Almonte & Antonia Savcheva & Edward E. DeLuca, 2015. "A dynamic magnetic tension force as the cause of failed solar eruptions," Nature, Nature, vol. 528(7583), pages 526-529, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:528:y:2015:i:7583:d:10.1038_nature16188
    DOI: 10.1038/nature16188
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