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A Special Kind of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection

Zhao, G. Q.; Zhao, Y.; Li, H. B. +3 more

It is generally believed that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) have magnetic flux rope structures because of their helical shapes. However, only about 30%–40% of interplanetary CMEs (ICMEs) have a local magnetic flux rope structure. The usual explanations are that the spacecraft only crossed the flank of the ropes and failed to detect the complete ma…