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most citedDirect observations of magnetic flux rope formation during a solar coronal mass ejection

62 citations · 659 across the 36 of their papers we have counts for

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36 papers

astro-ph.SR2024

Failure of a solar filament eruption caused by magnetic reconnection with overlying coronal loops

Leping Li, Hongqiang Song, Yijun Hou +11

Failure of a filament eruption caused by magnetic reconnection between the erupting filament and the overlying magnetic field has been previously proposed in numerical simulations.…

astro-ph.SR2024

Three types of solar coronal rain during magnetic reconnection between open and closed magnetic structures

Fangfang Qiao, Leping Li, Hui Tian +4

Coronal rain (CR) is a crucial part of the mass cycle between the corona and chromosphere. It includes the flare-driven CR and two types of quiescent CR separately along the non-fl…

astro-ph.SR2024

Eruption of a million-Kelvin warm magnetic flux rope on the Sun

Leping Li, Hongqiang Song, Hardi Peter +4

Solar magnetic flux rope (MFR) plays a central role in the physics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs). It mainly includes a cold filament at typical chromospheric temperatures (10000…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 20 cited

The Structure of Coronal Mass Ejections Recorded by the K-Coronagraph at Mauna Loa Solar Observatory

Hongqiang Song, Leping Li, Zhenjun Zhou +3

Previous survey studies reported that coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can exhibit various structures in white-light coronagraphs, and 30\% of them have the typical three-part f…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 21 cited

Why "solar tsunamis" rarely leave their imprints in the chromosphere

Ruisheng Zheng, Yihan Liu, Wenlong Liu +10

Solar coronal waves frequently appear as bright disturbances that propagate globally from the eruption center in the solar atmosphere, just like the tsunamis in the ocean on Earth.…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 6 cited

Heating of quiescent coronal loops caused by nearby eruptions observed with the Solar Dynamics Observatory and the Solar Upper Transition Region Imager

Leping Li, Hui Tian, Huadong Chen +5

How structures, e.g., magnetic loops, in the upper atmosphere, i.e., the transition region and corona, are heated and sustained is one of the major unresolved issues in solar and s…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

Quantification of the Writhe Number Evolution of Solar Filament Axes

Zhenjun Zhou, Chaowei Jiang, Hongqiang Song +3

Solar filament eruptions often show complex and dramatic geometric deformation that is highly relevant to the underlying physical mechanism triggering the eruptions. It has been we…

astro-ph.SR2023★ 3 cited

Composition Comparison between ICMEs from Active Regions and Quiet-Sun Regions

Jinrong Li, Hongqiang Song, Qi Lv +4

The composition, including the ionic charge states and elemental abundances of heavy elements, within interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) has tight correlations with thei…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 21 cited

On the Nature of the Three-part Structure of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections

Hongqiang Song, Jie Zhang, Leping Li +4

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) result from eruptions of magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) and can possess a three-part structure in white-light coronagraphs, including a bright front, dark…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 11 cited

Failed Solar Eruption of A Multi-thermal Flux Rope

Leping Li, Hongqiang Song, Hardi Peter +1

A magnetic flux rope (FR), hosting hot plasma, is thought to be central to the physics of coronal mass ejection. Such FRs are widely observed with passbands of the Atmospheric Imag…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 15 cited

Reconfiguration and eruption of a solar filament by magnetic reconnection with an emerging magnetic field

Leping Li, Hardi Peter, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta +3

Both observations and simulations suggest that the solar filament eruption is closely related to magnetic flux emergence. It is thought that the eruption is triggered by magnetic r…

astro-ph.SR2022★ 28 cited

Toward a Unified Explanation for the Three-part Structure of Solar Coronal Mass Ejections

Hongqiang Song, Leping Li, Yao Chen

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are associated with the eruption of magnetic flux ropes (MFRs), which usually appear as hot channels in active regions and coronal cavities in quiet-S…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited

Comparison of Helium Abundance between ICMEs and Solar Wind near 1 AU

Hongqiang Song, Xin Cheng, Leping Li +2

The Helium abundance, defined as , is 8.5 in the photosphere and seldom exceeds 5 in fast solar wind. Previous statistics have demonstrated tha…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 5 cited

Compound eruptions of twin flux ropes in a solar active region

Ruisheng Zheng, Liang Zhang, Bing Wang +6

Compound eruptions represent that multiple closely spaced magnetic structures erupt consecutively within a short interval, and then lead to a single flare and a single CME. However…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 12 cited

Formation of a solar filament by magnetic reconnection and coronal condensation

Leping Li, Hardi Peter, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta +1

In solar filament formation mechanisms, magnetic reconnection between two sets of sheared arcades forms helical structures of the filament with numerous magnetic dips, and cooling…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 1 cited

The Inhomogeneity of Composition along the Magnetic Cloud Axis

Hongqiang Song, Qiang Hu, Xin Cheng +6

It is generally accepted that CMEs result from eruptions of magnetic flux ropes, which are dubbed as magnetic clouds in interplanetary space. The composition (including the ionic c…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 17 cited

Solar Cycle Dependence of ICME Composition

Hongqiang Song, Leping Li, Yanyan Sun +3

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are one of the most energetic explosions in the solar atmosphere, and their occurrence rates exhibit obvious solar cycle dependence with more events t…

astro-ph.SR2021★ 16 cited

On-disk solar coronal condensations facilitated by magnetic reconnection between open and closed magnetic structures

Leping Li, Hardi Peter, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta +1

Coronal condensation and rain are a crucial part of the mass cycle between the corona and chromosphere. In some cases, condensation and subsequent rain originate in the magnetic di…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 14 cited

Magnetic reconnection between loops accelerated by a nearby filament eruption

Leping Li, Hardi Peter, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta +3

Magnetic reconnection modulated by non-local disturbances in the solar atmosphere has been investigated theoretically, but rarely observed. In this study, employing Ha and extreme…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 17 cited

Relation of coronal rain originating from coronal condensations to interchange magnetic reconnection

Leping Li, Hardi Peter, Lakshmi Pradeep Chitta +1

Using extreme-ultraviolet images, we recently proposed a new and alternative formation mechanism for coronal rain along magnetically open field lines due to interchange magnetic re…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 18 cited

Do All Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Have A Magnetic Flux Rope Structure Near 1 AU?

Hongqiang Song, Jie Zhang, Xin Cheng +6

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) often consist of a shock wave, sheath region, and ejecta region. The ejecta regions are divided into two broad classes: magnetic cloud…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 7 cited

Formation of a tiny flux rope in the center of an active region driven by magnetic flux emergence, convergence, and cancellation

Ruisheng Zheng, Yao Chen, Bing Wang +2

Flux ropes are generally believed to be core structures of solar eruptions that are significant for the space weather, but their formation mechanism remains intensely debated. We r…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 17 cited

Characteristics and applications of interplanetary coronal mass ejection composition

Hongqiang Song, Shuo Yao

In situ measurements of interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) composition, including elemental abundances and charge states of heavy ions, open a new avenue to study coronal…

astro-ph.SR2020★ 14 cited

An Extreme Ultraviolet Wave Associated with A Solar Filament Activation

Ruisheng Zheng, Yao Chen, Bing Wang +1

Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) waves are impressive coronal propagating disturbances. They are closely associated with various eruptions, and can used for the global coronal seismology…