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A Brief History of CME Science

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We present here a brief summary of the rich heritage of observational and theoretical research leading to the development of our current understanding of the initiation, structure, and evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections.

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  1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rice University, 6100 Main St., Houston, TX, 77005, USA

    David Alexander

  2. The Astroparticle Physics Laboratory, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, 20771, USA

    Ian G. Richardson

  3. Department of AOSS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA

    Thomas H. Zurbuchen

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Alexander, D., Richardson, I.G. & Zurbuchen, T.H. A Brief History of CME Science. Space Sci Rev 123, 3–11 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-006-9008-y

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