| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Formation, Evolution and Instability of Magnetic Flux Ropes |
| Main Convener | Prof. Yuming Wang (University of Science and Technology of China, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Hiroshi Hasegawa (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Japan) Dr. Bernhard Kliem (University of Potsdam, Germany) Dr. Qiang Hu (University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States) |
| Session Description | Magnetic flux ropes are one of the fundamental elements in solar, space and plasma physics, and could exist crossing multiple scales. They are believed to be the main carrier of magnetic free energy for various large-scale eruptive phenomena, e.g., solar/astrophysical jets, coronal mass ejections and substorms, and they also could form during reconnections, appearing as magnetic islands in the microscopic scale. It has been for decades to search signatures of magnetic flux ropes from solar atmosphere, interplanetary space, magnetosphere to our universe. They also have been studied in laboratory plasma devices. However, the formation, evolution and instability of magnetic flux ropes are still not clear enough. This session solicits contributions focusing on the fundamental physics of the magnetic flux ropes from either observations/laboratory experiments or theoretical analysis. |