SP7
Solar Flares and Coronal Mass Ejections

Main Organiser
K. Shibata, Kwasan Observatory, Kyoto University
shibata@kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Co-Organiser(s)
S.T. Wu, University of Alabama
wus@cspar.uah.edu

B.C. Low, High Altitude Observatory
low@jabba.hao.ucar.edu

C. Fang, Dept. of Astronomy, Nanjing University
fangc@nju.edu.cn

Brief Description
Solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are fundamental key factors controlling space weather. Recent development of space solar observations such as by Yohkoh, SOHO, TRACE, and RHESSI has revealed that the solar atmosphere is full of reconnection events, and there are increasing evidence of reconnection in solar flares and coronal mass ejections, which leads to a unified view of these phenomena. It is now necessary to review and summarize recent observations and theories of solar flares and CMEs in a unified and critical way. In this session, considering these. both solar flares and CMEs are discussed in detail, especially on following topics, (1) preflare/preCME conditions, (2) particle acceleration associated with them, (3) coronal and interplanetary shock waves, and (4) theoretical models.