Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Mar 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004apj...604..420z&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 604, Issue 1, pp. 420-432.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
93
Sun: Corona, Sun: Coronal Mass Ejections (Cmes), Sun: Flares, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays
Scientific paper
We report the kinematic properties of a set of three coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed with the LASCO (Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph) on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft, which showed characteristics of impulsive, intermediate, and gradual acceleration, respectively. The first CME had a 30 minute long fast acceleration phase during which the average acceleration was about 308 m s-2 this acceleration took place over a distance of about 3.3 Rsolar (from 1.3 to 4.6 Rsolar, height measured from disk center). The CME characterized by intermediate acceleration had a long acceleration phase of about 160 minutes during which the average acceleration was about 131 m s-2 the CME traveled a distance of at least 4.3 Rsolar, reaching a height of 7.0 Rsolar at the end of the acceleration phase. The CME characterized by gradual acceleration had no fast acceleration phase. Instead, it displayed a persistent weak acceleration lasting more than 24 hr with an average acceleration of only 4.0 m s-2 throughout the LASCO field of view (from 1.1 to 30 Rsolar). This study demonstrates that the final velocity of a CME is determined by a combination of acceleration magnitude and acceleration duration, both of which can vary significantly from event to event. The first two CME events were associated with soft X-ray flares. We found that in the acceleration phase there was close temporal correlation both between the CME velocity and the soft X-ray flux of the flare and between the CME acceleration and derivative of the X-ray flux. These correlations indicate that the CME large-scale acceleration and the flare particle acceleration are strongly coupled physical phenomena occurring in the corona.
Dere Ken P.
Howard Russ A.
Vourlidas Angelos
Zhang James J.
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