@inproceedings{McComas:1995:10.1007/BF00768768,
author = {McComas, DJ and Gosling, JT and Hammond, CM and Moldwin, MB and Phillips, JL and Forsyth, RJ},
doi = {10.1007/BF00768768},
pages = {129--132},
title = {Reconnection on open field lines ahead of coronal mass ejections},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00768768},
year = {1995}
}

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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Plasma and magnetic field signatures from 29 November 1990 indicate that the Ulysses spacecraft passed through a series of interplanetary structures that were most likely formed by magnetic reconnection on open field lines ahead of a coronal mass ejection (CME). This reconnection changed the magnetic topology of the upstream region by converting normal open interplanetary magnetic field into a pair of regions: one magnetically disconnected from the Sun and the other, a tongue, connected back to the Sun at both ends. This process provides a new method for producing both heat flux dropouts and counterstreaming suprathermal electron signatures in interplanetary space. In this paper we expand upon the 29 November case study and argue that reconnection ahead of CMEs should be less common at high heliolatitudes. © 1995 Kluwer Academic Publishers.
AU  - McComas,DJ
AU  - Gosling,JT
AU  - Hammond,CM
AU  - Moldwin,MB
AU  - Phillips,JL
AU  - Forsyth,RJ
DO  - 10.1007/BF00768768
EP  - 132
PY  - 1995///
SN  - 0038-6308
SP  - 129
TI  - Reconnection on open field lines ahead of coronal mass ejections
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00768768
ER  - 

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