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Complete replacement of magnetic flux in a flux rope during a coronal mass ejection

Veronig, Astrid M.; Li, Ting; Wang, Yuming +5 more

Solar coronal mass ejections are the most energetic events in the Solar System. In their standard formation model, a magnetic flux rope builds up into a coronal mass ejection through magnetic reconnection that continually converts overlying, untwisted magnetic flux into twisted flux enveloping the pre-existing rope. However, only a minority of cor…