Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004apj...608.1100r&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 608, Issue 2, pp. 1100-1105.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Solar Wind, Sun: Activity, Sun: Corona, Sun: Coronal Mass Ejections (Cmes), Sun: Magnetic Fields
Scientific paper
We have investigated the magnetic connectivity of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) to the Sun using Ulysses observations of suprathermal electrons at various distances between 1 and 5.2 AU. Drawing on ideas concerning the eruption and evolution of CMEs, we had anticipated that there might be a tendency for CMEs to contain progressively more open field lines, as reconnection back at the Sun either opened or completely disconnected previously closed field lines threading the CMEs. Our results, however, did not yield any discernible trend. By combining the potential contribution of CMEs to the heliospheric flux with the observed buildup of flux during the course of the solar cycle, we also derive a lower limit for the reconnection rate of CMEs that is sufficient to avoid the ``flux catastrophe'' paradox. This rate is well below our threshold of detectability.
Crooker Nancy U.
Gosling Jack T.
Riley Pete
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