Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
May 2007
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American Astronomical Society Meeting 210, #29.27; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 39, p.142
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
We present the first quantitative comparison between the total magnetic reconnection flux in the low-corona in the wake of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the magnetic flux in magnetic clouds (MCs) that reach 1AU 2 - 3 days after the CME onset. The total reconnection flux is measured from flare ribbons, and the MC flux is computed using in-situ observations at 1 AU, all ranging from 1020 to 1022 Mx. It is found that for the nine studied events in which the association between flares, CMEs, and MCs is identified, the MC flux is correlated with the total reconnection flux Φr. Further, the poloidal (azimuthal) MC flux Φp is comparable with the reconnection flux Φr and the toroidal (axial) MC flux Φt is a fraction of Φr. Events associated with filament eruption do not exhibit a different Φr - Φp relation from events not accompanied by erupting filaments. The relations revealed between these independently measured physical quantities suggest that, for the studied samples, the magnetic flux and twist of interplanetary magnetic flux ropes, reflected by MCs, are highly relevant to low-corona magnetic reconnection during the eruption. We discuss the implications of this result for the formation mechanism of twisted magnetic flux ropes, namely, whether the helical structure of the magnetic flux rope is largely pre-existing or formed in-situ by low-corona magnetic reconnection. We also measure magnetic flux encompassed in coronal dimming regions (Φd) and discuss its relation to the reconnection flux inferred from flare ribbons and MC flux. This work is supported by NSF grant ATM-0603789 and NASA grants NNG04GF47G, NNG06GA37G, and NNG06GD41G.
Howard Tim A.
Hu Qiang
Qiu Jiong
Yurchyshyn Vasyl B.
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