The Formation of a Multifilament System Driven by Photospheric Converging Motions in a Bipolar Sunspot

Haitang Li et al 2025 ApJL 979 L46 A detailed study of the eruption of a multifilament system on the Sun shows how three filaments in different configurations combined to form one long filament and a…

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