An MHD 3-D solution to the evolution of a CME observed by the STEREO mission on May 2007

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[0619] Electromagnetics / Electromagnetic Theory, [2111] Interplanetary Physics / Ejecta, Driver Gases, And Magnetic Clouds, [2134] Interplanetary Physics / Interplanetary Magnetic Fields, [7513] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Coronal Mass Ejections

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Nature offers a variety of examples on the dynamics of matter trapped electromagnetic fields. In particular, sudden ejections of large amounts of solar mass embedded in magnetic field structures develop in the heliosphere, their evolution being affected by the background solar wind. Their plasma and magnetic field values can be obtained by in-situ instruments onboard existing space missions. A particular example of such process is the passage of a magnetic field flux tube-like structure (~ 0.1 AU in cross section) exhibiting a flux-rope topology observed on May 2007 with their in-situ instruments by the Venus Express and Messenger missions. STEREO remote observations obtained with the SECCHI instruments allowed the tracking of this quite weak event from its origins in the Sun to approximately the orbit of Mercury. In this work, we i) discuss on the dynamic evolution of the event as described by the magnetic force-free magneto-hydrodynamic solution proposed in [1], and ii) generalize it to add curvature to the MHD solution. The magneto-hydrodynamic analytical solution obtained allows us to make quantitative estimates on the size of the flux tube just after the ejection, magnetic field intensity, and mass density. [1] Berdichevsky, DB, RP Lepping, and CJ Farrugia, Phys Rev E, 67(3), 036405, 2003.

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