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Initiation and propagation of coronal mass ejections

arXiv:0712.3632 · doi:10.1007/s12036-008-0023-0

Abstract

This paper reviews recent progress in the research on the initiation and propagation of CMEs. In the initiation part, several trigger mechanisms are discussed; In the propagation part, the observations and modelings of EIT waves/dimmings, as the EUV counterparts of CMEs, are described.

8 pages, 1 figure, an invited review, to appear in J. Astrophys. Astron