Probing Velocity Dispersion inside CMEs in Inner Corona: New Insights on CME Initiation

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Hauptverfasser: Majumdar, Satabdwa, Huys, Elke D', Mierla, Marilena, Vashishtha, Nitin, Talpeanu, Dana-Camelia, Banerjee, Dipankar, Reiss, Martin A.
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author Majumdar, Satabdwa
Huys, Elke D'
Mierla, Marilena
Vashishtha, Nitin
Talpeanu, Dana-Camelia
Banerjee, Dipankar
Reiss, Martin A.
author_facet Majumdar, Satabdwa
Huys, Elke D'
Mierla, Marilena
Vashishtha, Nitin
Talpeanu, Dana-Camelia
Banerjee, Dipankar
Reiss, Martin A.
contents This work studies the kinematics of the leading edge and the core of 6 Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the combined field of view of Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System detector and Image Processing (SWAP) on-board PRoject for On-Board Autonomy (PROBA-2) and the ground-based K-Cor coronagraph of the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO). We report, for the first time, on the existence of a critical height h$_\mathrm{c}$, which marks the onset of velocity dispersion inside the CME. This height for the studied events lies between 1.4-1.8 R$_{\odot}$, in the inner corona. We find the critical heights to be relatively higher for gradual CMEs, as compared to impulsive ones, indicating that the early initiation of these two classes might be different physically. We find several interesting imprints of the velocity dispersion on CME kinematics. The critical height is strongly correlated with the flux-rope minor radius and the mass of the CME. Also, the magnitude of velocity dispersion shows a reasonable positive correlation with the above two parameters. We believe these results will advance our understanding of CME initiation mechanisms and will help provide improved constraints to CME initiation models.
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spellingShingle Probing Velocity Dispersion inside CMEs in Inner Corona: New Insights on CME Initiation
Majumdar, Satabdwa
Huys, Elke D'
Mierla, Marilena
Vashishtha, Nitin
Talpeanu, Dana-Camelia
Banerjee, Dipankar
Reiss, Martin A.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space Physics
This work studies the kinematics of the leading edge and the core of 6 Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the combined field of view of Sun Watcher using Active Pixel System detector and Image Processing (SWAP) on-board PRoject for On-Board Autonomy (PROBA-2) and the ground-based K-Cor coronagraph of the Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO). We report, for the first time, on the existence of a critical height h$_\mathrm{c}$, which marks the onset of velocity dispersion inside the CME. This height for the studied events lies between 1.4-1.8 R$_{\odot}$, in the inner corona. We find the critical heights to be relatively higher for gradual CMEs, as compared to impulsive ones, indicating that the early initiation of these two classes might be different physically. We find several interesting imprints of the velocity dispersion on CME kinematics. The critical height is strongly correlated with the flux-rope minor radius and the mass of the CME. Also, the magnitude of velocity dispersion shows a reasonable positive correlation with the above two parameters. We believe these results will advance our understanding of CME initiation mechanisms and will help provide improved constraints to CME initiation models.
title Probing Velocity Dispersion inside CMEs in Inner Corona: New Insights on CME Initiation
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Space Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.02244