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The Mechanism for the Energy Buildup Driving Solar Eruptive Events (2017)
Journal Article
Knizhnik, K., Antiochos, S., DeVore, C., & Wyper, P. (2017). The Mechanism for the Energy Buildup Driving Solar Eruptive Events. Astrophysical Journal, 851(1), Article L17. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9e0a

The underlying origin of solar eruptive events (SEEs), ranging from giant coronal mass ejections to small coronal-hole jets, is that the lowest-lying magnetic flux in the Sun's corona undergoes continual buildup of stress and free energy. This magnet... Read More about The Mechanism for the Energy Buildup Driving Solar Eruptive Events.

Formation of Heliospheric Arcs of Slow Solar Wind (2017)
Journal Article
Higginson, A., Antiochos, S., DeVore, C., Wyper, P., & Zurbuchen, T. (2017). Formation of Heliospheric Arcs of Slow Solar Wind. Astrophysical Journal Letters, 840(1), Article L10. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa6d72

A major challenge in solar and heliospheric physics is understanding the origin and nature of the so-called slow solar wind. The Sun's atmosphere is divided into magnetically open regions, known as coronal holes, where the plasma streams out freely a... Read More about Formation of Heliospheric Arcs of Slow Solar Wind.

A universal model for solar eruptions (2017)
Journal Article
Wyper, P. F., Antiochos, S. K., & DeVore, C. R. (2017). A universal model for solar eruptions. Nature, 544(7651), 452-455. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature22050

Magnetically driven eruptions on the Sun, from stellar-scale coronal mass ejections to small-scale coronal X-ray and extreme-ultraviolet jets, have frequently been observed to involve the ejection of the highly stressed magnetic flux of a filament. T... Read More about A universal model for solar eruptions.

Dynamics of Coronal Hole Boundaries (2017)
Journal Article
Higginson, A., Antiochos, S., DeVore, C., Wyper, P., & Zurbuchen, T. (2017). Dynamics of Coronal Hole Boundaries. Astrophysical Journal, 837(2), Article 113. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/837/2/113

Remote and in situ observations strongly imply that the slow solar wind consists of plasma from the hot, closed-field corona that is released onto open magnetic field lines. The Separatrix Web theory for the slow wind proposes that photospheric motio... Read More about Dynamics of Coronal Hole Boundaries.