Solar Eruption's Magnetic Field 'Heard' for the First Time ✛ ✎

Original: "Possible First Detection of Gyroresonance Emission from a Coronal Mass Ejection in the Middle Corona"
arXiv:2509.16453 · 2025-09-19 · arXiv non-exclusive · independent analysis · 1 min
Astronomers 'heard' a solar eruption's magnetic field for the first time by catching its radio signal.

Sun ejects clouds of hydrogen plasma — superheated gas with electric charge — into space. Inside, these clouds are riddled with tangled magnetic threads, like a messy ball of yarn. Directly measuring this invisible tangle had been impossible, but astronomers managed to 'hear' it. When cloud particles move along magnetic lines, they emit radio waves. The signal's frequency depends on the field's strength — this link between electricity and magnetism was revealed in the works of Lorentz and Faraday. By capturing this 'singing' from a passing eruption, scientists calculated the tension of the magnetic threads: 5.6–7.9 gauss. The key finding: such a strong field isn't everywhere, but concentrated in tiny knots that look like glowing swirls in images. These magnetic 'curls' carry the bulk of the energy capable of triggering a storm on Earth. Understanding their structure will let us forecast space storms more accurately.

A single average eruption carries about a billion tons of material from the solar corona — that's like the mass of a thousand Mount Everests.

\nu_{\text{break}} = s \cdot \nu_g = s \cdot 2.8 B \, \text{МГц}
ν_break is the break frequency, s is the harmonic number (usually 2 to 4), and B is the magnetic field in gauss
Scientists
Ludwig BoltzmannCecilia Payne-GaposchkinMichael FaradayHendrik LorentzAlbert EinsteinCharles Townes
Concepts
coronal mass ejection solar eruption solar magnetic phenomena magnetic field sensor gamma ray detection X-ray radiation cms detector millimeter emission rmse bohr magneton magnetometer magnetoresistance Gamma radiation coronagraph magnetic reconnection gauss astrophysical polarimetry x ray emission torque magnetoreception