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flux rope

(rope-shaped structure in magnetic fields associated with coronal mass ejections)

A flux rope is a rope-shaped configuration of magnetic flux topology associated with some of the Sun's coronal mass ejections (CMEs). It consists of flux lines twisted around a central tube-shaped space. Flux ropes can also occur in the Earth's magnetic field.


(MHD,Sun,magnetism,corona)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flux_tube
https://www.nasa.gov/image-article/flux-ropes-sun/
https://cpaess.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/heliophysics/resources/presentations/2007_Moldwin.pdf
https://nso.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/collage2017lec05_2017_02_01.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020RAA....20..165L/abstract
https://cptc.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/327/2017/09/CPTC_sem_10_14_13.pdf

Referenced by pages:
magnetic switchback
Sun surface features

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