Redefining flux ropes in heliophysics

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

Astronomy and Space Sciences

Thomas W. Narock¹  Hebe Cremades²  Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla³  Nathalia Alzate⁴  Ayris Narock⁴  Tarik M. Salman⁵  Sanchita Pal⁵  Laura A. Balmaceda⁵  Silvina E. Guidoni⁶  Fernando Carcaboso⁷  Mariana Jeunon⁷  Christina Kay⁷  Roger Pujadas⁸  Andreas J. Weiss⁹  Erika Palmerio^1,10  Luiz F. G. Dos Santos^1,11  Nada Al-Haddad^1,12  Emma E. Davies^1,12  Florian Regnault^1,12  Camilla Scolini^1,12  Réka M. Winslow^1,12  Benjamin J. Lynch^1,13  Laura Rodríguez-García^1,14 

[1] Goucher College, Center for Natural, Computer, and Data Sciences, Baltimore, MD, United States;Grupo de Estudios en Heliofísica de Mendoza, CONICET, Universidad de Mendoza, Mendoza, Argentina;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;ADNET Systems, Inc, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, United States;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Department of Physics, American University, Washington, DC, United States;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Physics Department, The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, United States;Heliophysics Science Division, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain;NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States;Predictive Science Inc, San Diego, CA, United States;Shell Global Solutions (United States) Inc, Houston, TX, United States;Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, United States;Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California–Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States;Universidad de Alcalá, Space Research Group, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain;

关键词: sun;    heliosphere;    magnetic field;    flux rope;    coronal mass ejection;    solar wind;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fspas.2023.1114838

 received in 2022-12-02, accepted in 2023-02-15,  发布年份 2023

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Magnetic flux ropes manifest as twisted bundles of magnetic field lines. They carry significant amounts of solar mass in the heliosphere. This paper underlines the need to advance our understanding of the fundamental physics of heliospheric flux ropes and provides the motivation to significantly improve the status quo of flux rope research through novel and requisite approaches. It briefly discusses the current understanding of flux rope formation and evolution, and summarizes the strategies that have been undertaken to understand the dynamics of heliospheric structures. The challenges and recommendations put forward to address them are expected to broaden the in-depth knowledge of our nearest star, its dynamics, and its role in its region of influence, the heliosphere.

【 授权许可】

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Copyright © 2023 Nieves-Chinchilla, Pal, Salman, Carcaboso, Guidoni, Cremades, Narock, Balmaceda, Lynch, Al-Haddad, Rodríguez-García, Narock, Dos Santos, Regnault, Kay, Winslow, Palmerio, Davies, Scolini, Weiss, Alzate, Jeunon and Pujadas.