Inner-source Pickup Ions Observed in Conjunction with Coronal Mass Ejections

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Dec 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011agufmsh32a..06g&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2011, abstract #SH32A-06

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

[7513] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Coronal Mass Ejections, [7531] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Prominence Eruptions

Scientific paper

Inner-source pickup ions are singly or doubly charged ions observed in the heliosphere and characterized by a composition and heliospheric extent which is inconsistent with an interstellar gas source. Several sources have been suggested to contribute to the inner-source population, including dust, gas from planets or sun-grazing comets, and solar wind particles that are absorbed by dust grains and then re-emitted. These sources, however, cannot adequately explain some composition measurements of low-charge (low-q) ions. This study examines a population of low-q ions associated with interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). These may be of solar origin, presumably related to cold solar filament material, or they may be picked up from inner-source material as the ICME expands outward. A survey of ACE-SWICS composition data indicates that a significant fraction of identified ICMEs are associated with density enhancements in low-q ions. These low-q events are characterized according to their frequency, composition, and their relation to previously identified ICMEs containing cold filament material.

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