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Coronal Mass Ejections: Models and Their Observational Basis

Chen, P. F.

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the largest-scale eruptive phenomenon in the solar system, expanding from active region-sized nonpotential magnetic structure to a much larger size. The bulk of plasma with a mass of ∼ 10¹¹,10¹³ kg is hauled up all the way out to the interplanetary space with a typical velocity of several hun…