Physics – Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
May 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007agusmsh51d..03m&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2007, abstract #SH51D-03
Physics
Plasma Physics
7513 Coronal Mass Ejections (2101), 7524 Magnetic Fields, 7526 Magnetic Reconnection (2723, 7835), 7800 Space Plasma Physics
Scientific paper
Magnetic reconnection plays a fundamental role in the energization of solar and magnetospheric plasma and the reconfiguration of solar and geomagnetic fields. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), and their interplanetary counterparts (ICMEs), often show evidence of a twisted flux rope structure that is nearly identical - though of vastly different spatial scale - as plasmoids observed in the Earth's magnetotail. This paper compares and contrasts the formation and evolution of CMEs and plasmoids. We demonstrate that magnetic reconnection in the solar corona and the Earth's magnetotail create similar magnetic structures, but that post-eruption dynamics and the magnetic and plasma differences of the heliosphere and magnetosphere lead to different evolutions and impacts on their surroundings.
Linton Mark
Moldwin Mark B.
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