The attached article is by Dr Gordon D. Holman (Solar Physics Lab, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA). It appeared in "Physics Today" last year April. Recommended reading for students of solar physics.
(1) Gordon D. Holman SOLAR eruptive events Physics Today, April 2012, pp.56-61 www.prysicstoday.org
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