A review on the genesis of coronal mass ejections
Abstract
This paper provides a short review of some of the basic concepts related to the origin of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). The various ideas which have been put forward to explain the initiation of CMEs are categorized in terms of whether they are force-free or non-force-free and ideal or nonideal. A few representative models of each category are examined to illustrate the principles involved. At the present time there is no model which is sufficiently developed to aid forecasters in their efforts to predict CMEs, but given the current pace of research, this situation could improve dramatically in the near future.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- October 2000
- DOI:
- 10.1029/2000JA000005
- Bibcode:
- 2000JGR...10523153F
- Keywords:
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- Planetology: Comets and Small Bodies: Plasma and MHD instabilities;
- Solar Physics;
- Astrophysics;
- and Astronomy: Coronal mass ejections;
- and Astronomy: Flares;
- and Astronomy: Prominence eruptions