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Coronal mass ejection (ITP Black Holes Conference 2/25/02)
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B. C. Low
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TRACE:171 Angstroms
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TRACE: 171 Angstroms
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• Observations of twist
• The CME from different views
• CME models
•Solar limb vs. solar disk •Dependence on plasma observables (e.g. T, Ne)
•Apparent twist in coronal plasma associated with CMEs•Corona nearly a perfect conductor --> flux freezing•Coronal magnetic field is not directly/comprehensively observed •Plasma observations <--models--> magnetic structures
• Conclusions
•Magnetic field topology: sigmoids, slinkies, and spheromaks?•Full MHD model (Gibson and Low, 1998)
•Potential implications of twist for CME energetics and prediction•Models allow a 3-D deconstruction of observations
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• Episodic expulsions of plasma >~ 1015 grams each
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• Affect the Earth:
geomagnetic storms
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• 3-Part structure QuickTime™ and aGIF decompressor
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• U-shape
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• Halo
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• “Cold” emission ~
104 K -- H-alpha):
prominence eruption
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TRACE:195 Angstroms
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TRACE:195 Angstroms
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• Hot emission (~ 106 K --
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• Hot emission (~ 106 K --
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• Hotter emission
(~ 3-4 X 106 K -- X-ray):
dimmings, S-shaped “sigmoid”
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3D complexity is well illustrated by twisted structures associated with CMES
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• What are they? – S-shaped structures, most easily visible in X-rays
– Can last for days, and disappear and reform multiple times
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• How are they related to CMEs?– Statistically shown to be more likely to erupt than non-
sigmoidal active regions
(Canfield et al, GRL, 26, 6, 627, 1999)
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• S-shape --> cusp-shape in X-rays, sometimes followed by Halo CMEs in white light
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• How are they related to filament/prominence eruptions?– Sigmoidal filaments sometimes visible, roughly coaligned with X-
ray sigmoid, above magnetic neutral line
Could filaments be better indicators of sigmoidicity than X-ray?
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• Are sigmoids good for predicting Earth-impacting events?
– Must go off at right time and right place – Must be geo-effective ==> e.g. southward direction of f ield – Limited, but potentially useful space-weather prediction tool
Regardless of whether sigmoids are good forecast tools, they are important physical clues to the twisted nature of the CME and its precursor.
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Need to solve ideal magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations in order toself-consistently describe the magnetic field and its interaction with thecoronal plasma.
Model complexity must be sufficient to reproduce the essentialobservational complexities.
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Numerical simulation of sheared magnetic loops connecting a protostar and its disk. The color scale shows the temperature, solid curves denote magnetic field lines. The region of closely spaced field lines is included to identify the reconnection region in the subsequent frames. Arrows depict velocity vectors in the r-z plane. The unit velocity is shown by arrows at the top right of each panel.
Figure 1 from Hayashi et al,ApJ, 1996.
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• Prominence mass could be supported by dips in magnetic arcades
• Magnetic flux rope (slinky) preferable to us for several reasons: – Bottoms of the winds - stable place for mass to collect – Matches observed "inverse" magnetic field configuration easily – Prominence/CME cavity observed to have sharp boundary,
modeled by flux rope boundary – Twisted structures are observed, and theoretically expected
because of conservation of helicity (related to twist)
Slinky-type flux ropes have been used to model emerging magnetic flux, prominences, CMEs, and interplanetary magnetic clouds.
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Normal vs. inverse field geometry:
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Slinky-type flux ropes have been used to model emerging magnetic flux, prominences, CMEs, and interplanetary magnetic clouds.
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Why do we use them to model CMEs?
– Circular cross-section: CME observations don't support linear-type structure (Fisher&Munro, 1984; Webb, 1988; Thompson et al, 1999)
– Vector magnetogram observations of emerging field orientation and rotation well captured by spheromak model (Lites et al, 1995)
– Spheromak model solution yields plasma distributions satisfying a range of
observed prominence structures and always yields a bubble-type cavity
Spheromaks represent the spheroidal nature of CMEs better than a linear slinky.
Spherical, closed magnetic system containing comparable toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields generated by currents within the structure
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Spherical, closed magnetic system containing comparable toroidal and poloidal magnetic fields generated by currents within the structure
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Interior (spheromak) solution (Prendergast,1956; Woltjer, 1958; Liteset al, 1996):
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External solution: split monopole with offset spherical flux surface:
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• Spheromak-type field, radially stretched and tethered to solar origin
• Axisymmetry is broken, gravity is explicitly included
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• Spheromak-type field, radially stretched and tethered to solar origin
• Axisymmetry is broken, gravity is explicitly included
• "New" slinky-type feature suspended above imposed photosphere --> prominence!
• Describes self-similar expansion of CME moving radiallyoutwards
Our model is a 3D, analytic solution satisfying time-dependent ideal MHD equations exactly for a CME expanding out into the corona.
Self-similar solution (Low, ApJ, 1986):
γ = 4/3
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Lites and Low, 1996
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• "Two-flux" system - "axial flux rope" (twisted) and "simple bipole loops"
• Path-length of axial flux rope much longer than that of simple bipole loops
• Identify filament as mass-bearing portion of longest (most wound) portion of loop
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Model field: Dextral, right bearing, negative helicity
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SMM CME observed Aug 18, 1980, Gibson & Low model CME, viewed along CME toroidal axis
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SMM CME observed March 15, 1980, Gibson & Low model CME, viewed perpendicular CME toroidal axis
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In other words -- why is that particular part of the magnetic field heated?
• Dynamical evolution of magnetized fluid --> tangential magnetic discontinuities (current sheets) --> reconnection and dissipative heating (Parker, 1994)
• Can occur not only at magnetic null points but also along separatrices between topologically distinct flux regions (Titov and Demoulin, 1999; Low, 2001)
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• Case of special interest: separatrices arising from imposition of photosphericboundary
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• Photospheric induced separatrix could arise between. winding vs. non-winding field lines
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• Spheroidal, blends smoothly with external field
• 3-D (axisymmetric) exact solution of MHD equations
• Can be easily extended to break symmetry and include gravity and time-dependence
• Work in progress
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• Our analytic, time-dependent, self-consistent MHD model of a CME is unique in explicitly determining a plasma/field configuration that captures a range of observations from multiple viewing angles, and utili zes a truly 3D, twisted magnetic field structure
• The 3D density structure from this model can be used for the interpretation and deconstruction of observations of CMEs along multiple lines of sights
•CME plasma ⇔ CME magnetic fields
•Energy stored in magnetic twist (helicity)
•Highly twisted CME precursor just needs a trigger
•CME carries magnetic flux and helicity with it
•CMEs - workhorses for solar cycle field reversal?
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Magnetic twist matters:
• Global organizational principle - is the Sun labelling its North and South poles?
Understanding the origin, evolution, and removal of magnetic twist is fundamental to understanding the Sun, with relevance from the solar interior all the way out to the Earth.