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The correspondence of EUV and white light observations of coronal mass ejections with SOHO EIT and LASCO
St. Cyr, O. C.; Plunkett, S. P.; Michels, D. J. +6 more
For over two years of operation, the LASCO coronagraph and the EIT imaging telescope have conducted observing campaigns intending to provide continuous coverage of global coronal dynamic phemonena. These compatible observations, which we call the "CME Watch," have been used to further our understanding of CME initiation and propagation, and to pro…
The Role of Reconnection in the Formation of Flux Ropes in the Solar Wind
Gosling, J. T.
New magnetic loops formed in the corona beneath coronal mass ejections, CMEs, provide strong evidence that magnetic reconnection commonly occurs within the magnetic `legs' of the departing CMEs. Such reconnection is inherently 3-dimensional and produces a magnetic flux rope structure within a CME. Depending upon how far reconnection proceeds, the …