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

Solar eruptions provide opportunities to study magnetic flux ropes, a structure of fundamental importance for both plasma physics and space weather. Here the authors reveal the dynamic formation of a flux rope through its footprint on the solar surface, revealing a highly twisted core structure.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wensi Wang, Rui Liu, Yuming Wang, Qiang Hu, Chenglong Shen, Chaowei Jiang, Chunming Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-01207-x