Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

SOLAR PHYSICS

The return of the jet

Nature Astronomy volume 5, pages 1096–1097 (2021)Cite this article

Subjects

Turmoil has engulfed the solar community for decades about which physical mechanisms are sufficient to trigger and drive solar eruptions. New high-resolution numerical magnetohydrodynamic simulations bring an old idea back into the light: the reconnection jet from the tether-cutting model.

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Buy this article

  • Purchase on Springer Link
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

Fig. 1: Cartoons describing the three main physical mechanisms known to be sufficient to trigger and drive solar eruptions.

NASA/SDO and the AIA, EVE and HMI science teams.

References

  1. Aulanier, G. In Proc. IAU Symposium Vol. 8, 184–196 (IAU, 2014).

  2. Green, L. M., Török, T., Vršnak, B., Manchester, W. IV & Veronig, A. Space Sci. Rev. 214, 46 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  3. Moore, R. L. & Roumeliotis, G. in Eruptive Solar Flares (eds Švestka, Z. et al.) 69–78 (Springer, 1992).

  4. Amari, T., Luciani, J. F., Aly, J. J. & Tagger, M. Astron. Astrophys. 306, 913–923 (1996).

    ADS  Google Scholar 

  5. Jiang, C. et al. Nat Astron. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01414-z (2021).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Aulanier, G., Török, T., Démoulin, P. & DeLuca, E. E. Astrophys. J. 708, 314–333 (2010).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  7. Török, T. et al. Astrophys. J. 856, 75 (2018).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. Archontis, V. & Hood, A. W. Astrophys. J. Lett. 674, L113–L116 (2008).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  9. Shibata, K. Astrophys. Space Sci. 264, 129–144 (1998).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  10. Nishida, K., Nishizuka, N. & Shibata, K. Astrophys. J. Lett. 775, L39 (2013).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  11. Karpen, J. T., Antiochos, S. K. & DeVore, C. R. Astrophys. J. 760, 81 (2012).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. Kliem, B. & Török, T. Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 255002 (2006).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  13. Zuccarello, F. P., Aulanier, G. & Gilchrist, S. A. Astrohys. J. 814, 126 (2015).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  14. Antiochos, S. K., DeVore, C. R. & Klimchuk, J. A. Astrophys. J. 510, 485–493 (1999).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  15. Masson, S., Antiochos, S. K. & DeVore, C. R. Astrophys. J. 884, 143 (2019).

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas (LPP), École Polytechnique, IP Paris, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, Université Paris Saclay, Paris, France

    Guillaume Aulanier

  2. Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS), Universitetet i Olso, Oslo, Norway

    Guillaume Aulanier

Authors
  1. Guillaume Aulanier
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Guillaume Aulanier.

Ethics declarations

Competing interests

The author declares no competing interests.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Aulanier, G. The return of the jet. Nat Astron 5, 1096–1097 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01416-x

Download citation

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01416-x

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing AI and Robotics

Sign up for the Nature Briefing: AI and Robotics newsletter — what matters in AI and robotics research, free to your inbox weekly.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing: AI and Robotics