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Title: Orientations of Halo CMEs and Magnetic Clouds


1
Orientations of Halo CMEs and Magnetic Clouds
  • V. Yurchyshyn, Q. Hu, R.P. Lepping, B. Lynch, J.
    Krall
  • BBSO, UC Riverside, GSFC, Univ. Mich., NRL

2
Introduction
  • CMEs observed near the earth often exhibit a
    magnetic structure that can be described as
    complex ejecta, magnetic clouds, plasmoids or
    shocks. Well defined MCs are associated with
    30-50 of CMEs
  • MC, in turn, have magnetically organized geometry
    that is thought to correspond to a curved flux
    rope (Bothemer Schwenn 1998)

3
Three part structure of CMEs
White light morphology of CMEs seems to bear
information on their magnetic structure they are
organized in the axial direction, which
corresponds to the axis of the underlying
erupting flux rope (Cremades Bothmer, 2004)
4
Halo CMEs
  • Halo CMEs are 2D projection of a 3D structure and
    they often exhibit various sizes and shapes. Many
    of them can be enveloped by an ellipse and fitted
    with a cone model (Zhao, Plunkett Liu 2002, Xie
    Ofman Lawrence 2004 Zhao 2005)

5
Halo CMEs and Erupting Flux Rope Modeling
In this study we assume that halo elongation
indicates the orientation of an erupting flux rope
sun
Model halo CME
top view
earth
6
Oct 28 and Nov 18 2003 Events
Nov 18 2003
Elongation of a halo CME closely matches the
orientation of the erupting flux rope
Oct 28 2003
7
Data Analysis
  • Selected 25 halo CME -- MC events
  • Determined the orientation of CMEs
  • Determined the clock angle of MCs
  • Grad-Shafranov MC reconstruction by Q. Hu
  • MC fitting by Lepping et al. (2006)
  • MC fitting by Lynch et al. (2005)
  • MC fitting with the EFR model (J. Krall V.
    Yurchyshyn)

8
Orientation of 25 halo CMEs
9
Results
Ovals CMEs, lines MCs. Short lines are used
when the difference between CME and MC
orientations, ??, exceeds 45 deg. Black dotted
line mean MC orientation angle Green boxes 15
events (60) ?? (32) ?? 45 deg Blue boxes 2 events (8) ?? ?
10
What Does This Result Mean?
  • For 60 of events (green) the CME elongation
    agrees with MC orientations
  • What about the red events? Was our initial
    assumption wrong? Or is there something that
    affects a coronal ejecta? Is there any systematic
    difference between the CMEs and MCs?
  • Can MCs be deflected and their orientation
    changed during the propagation toward the Earth?

11
CMEs Heliospheric Current Sheet
  • CMEs disrupt heliospheric magnetic fields (Zhao
    Hoeksema 1996)
  • Fast moving CMEs interact w/ upstream plasma,
    shock formation (Gosling et al., 1994 Howard
    Tappin 2006)
  • CMEs may displace and push the heliospheric
    magnetic fields (Smith 2001)
  • Most CMEs may be associated with HCS, which is
    considered to be a conduit for CMEs (Crooker et
    al., 1993)
  • Does the heliosphere affects CMEs?

12
Comparison between CMEs, HCS and MCs
CME
Wilcox Solar Observatory Coronal Field Map at 2.5R
13
Results of the Comparison
  • 13 events CME,MC
  • 7 events CME,MC45 deg, while MC agrees w/HCS
  • 2 events CME,MC (V2000km/s)
  • 1 event CME,MC45 deg, MC is ? to HCS
  • 2 events uncertain

14
Orientations of CMEs, HCS and MCs are similar
15
Do CMEs rotate to align w/HCS?
16
Are Fast CMEs not affected by HCS?
17
Conclusions
  • For about 60 of events the halo elongation and
    the MC orientation correspond to the local tilt
    of the HCS
  • For majority of solar ejecta (80), the
    underlying erupting flux rope at 1AU (i.e. MC)
    aligns itself with the HCS
  • It seem that very fast (V2000km/s, 2 events)
    CMEs maintain their orientation constant
  • There is an indication that the degree of CME
    rotation , if indeed occurs, might depend on the
    speed of a CME faster CMEs are less affected by
    the HCS (shorter interaction time? stronger
    CMEs?)
  • The data seem to support our initial assumption
    although the results should be tested on a larger
    data set

18
Conclusions
The data seem to support original assumption that
the CME elongation represent the axis of an
erupting flux rope
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