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Results of a plasmoid model compared with data of coronal mass ejections

Bochsler, P.; Balsiger, H.; Wimmer-Schweingruber, R. F. +2 more

The motion of closed magnetic structures, plasmoids, in the solar atmosphere is examined in a simple model. A system of equations describing the dynamics, the internal energy balance, and the ionisation processes is solved numerically. While the plasmoids are accelerated and heated, ionisation and recombination processes of the ions take place. De…