Annales Geophysicae
Annales Geophysicae
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Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-313-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-34-313-2016
© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Articles | Volume 34, issue 2
Regular paper
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29 Feb 2016
Regular paper |  | 29 Feb 2016

Planar magnetic structures in coronal mass ejection-driven sheath regions

Erika Palmerio, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, and Neel P. Savani

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Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are giant clouds of plasma and magnetic field that erupt from the Sun and travel though the solar wind. They can cause interplanetary shocks in the vicinity of Earth. We show in our paper that the region that follows CME-driven shocks, known as sheath region, can obtain a planar configuration of the magnetic field lines (planar magnetic structure, PMS) due to the compression resulting from the shock itself or from the draping of the magnetic field ahead of the CME.
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