Solar jets and solar mass ejections – why do they happen?
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Until recently it was thought that solar mass ejections and solar jets were caused by very different phenomena. However, a new research paper has highlighted that they may have the same dynamic origin.
Coronal mass ejections and coronal jets are the massive release of energy that results in solar winds, that can send charged particles to the earth’s atmosphere and beyond. Such solar winds can interfere with electronics and are ultimately responsible for the spectacular sight of the aurora borealis or northern lights.
Wyper et al have disclosed that, although coronal mass ejections were previously thought to occur without magnetic instability, and were thought to be the result of rising plasma being ejected, from deep within the sun, coronal mass ejections may also be caused by disruptions in the magnetic field lines of the sun. Their research has therefore identified that both coronal mass ejections and coronal jets are the
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Their research has therefore identified that both coronal mass ejections and coronal jets are the result of violent disruptions in the sun’s magnetic stability, which cause the ejection of solar matter – known as a ‘breakout’.
The reason highlighted, in Wyper et al research, is that both coronal jets and mass ejections are caused by the magnetic field disruptions, that result in the displacement of solar material that attempts to reconnect with the sun.
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