| Session Details | |
| Section | ST - Solar & Terrestrial Sciences |
| Session Title | Origin, Eruption, Propagation and Space Weather Effect of Magnetic Flux Ropes |
| Main Convener | Dr. Hongqiang Song (Shandong University, China) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Chenglong Shen (University of Science and Technology of China, China) Dr. Xin Cheng (Nanjing University, China) Dr. Qiang Hu (The University of Alabama in Huntsville, United States) |
| Session Description | Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares are the most energetic eruptive phenomena in the solar system, which can disturb the interplanetary space environment seriously and influence some high-technology activities of human being. It is believed that the origin and eruption of magnetic flux ropes are closely related with CMEs and Flares, and the flux ropes may lead to strong geo-magnetic storms when they collide with the Earth's magnetosphere. However, it is not a trivial task to identify the flux rope structures and analyze their associated characteristics on the Sun as no reliable measurement of coronal magnetic field is available at the present time. Further, we do not know the detailed propagation process of magnetic flux ropes and induced space weather effect due to limited space exploration resources. Therefore, the origin, eruption, propagation and space weather effect of magnetic flux ropes are not yet adequately addressed. This session solicits contributions focusing on the studies of solar and interplanetary magnetic flux ropes from both observations/laboratory experiments and simulations/theoretical analysis. |