Speaker:
Mark Linton, Naval Research Laboratory

Title:
Coronal Mass Ejections: Magnetic Reconnection and Flare Loop Formation

Abstract:
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs), sudden eruptions of coronal plasma and magnetic field into the interplanetary medium, are one of the most dynamic phenomena in the solar corona. These CMEs are an important driver of space weather both through their interaction with the Earth's magnetosphere and through the magnetic reconnection and flaring which is driven in the solar corona in their wake.

Host:
Charles Kankelborg