THE ENERGETICS OF A GLOBAL SHOCK WAVE IN THE LOW SOLAR CORONA
THE ENERGETICS OF A GLOBAL SHOCK WAVE IN THE LOW SOLAR CORONA
As the most energetic eruptions in the solar system, coronal mass ejections (CMEs) can produce shock waves at both their front and flanks as they erupt from the Sun into the heliosphere. However, the amount of energy produced in these eruptions, and the proportion of their energy required to produce …