Conjoined Flux Ropes: A New Mechanism for Filament-Channel Formation at External Polarity Inversion Lines


Dr. Tibor Torok1, James Edward Leake2, Viacheslav S. Titov3, Xudong Sun4, Mark Linton5, Zoran Mikic3, Roberto Lionello1, Ron L Moore6 and Alphonse C Sterling7, (1)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (3)Predictive Science Inc., San Diego, CA, United States, (4)Stanford University, Stanford, United States, (5)US Naval Research Laboratory, Space Science Division, Washington, DC, United States, (6)National Space Science and Technology Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (7)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States