Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere

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Context: Observations of magnetic clouds (MCs) are consistent with the presence of flux ropes detected in the solar wind (SW) a few days after their expulsion from the Sun as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Aims: Both the in situ observations of plasma velocity profiles and the increase of their size...

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Autores principales: Gulisano, A.M., Démoulin, P., Dasso, S., Ruiz, M.E., Marsch, E.
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Publicado: 2010
Materias:
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Magnetic fields - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - Sun
Astrophysics
Boundary layer flow
Clouds
Interplanetary spacecraft
Magnetic fields
Magnetohydrodynamics
Semiconductor counters
Solar wind
Sun
Velocity
Velocity measurement
Coronal mass ejection
Interplanetary medium
Magnetohydrodynamics suns
Expansion
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spelling paperaa:paper_00046361_v509_n1_p_Gulisano2023-06-12T16:40:51Z Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere Astron. Astrophys. 2010;509(1) Gulisano, A.M. Démoulin, P. Dasso, S. Ruiz, M.E. Marsch, E. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium Magnetic fields - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - Sun Astrophysics Boundary layer flow Clouds Interplanetary spacecraft Magnetic fields Magnetohydrodynamics Semiconductor counters Solar wind Sun Velocity Velocity measurement Coronal mass ejection Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium Interplanetary medium Magnetohydrodynamics suns Expansion Context: Observations of magnetic clouds (MCs) are consistent with the presence of flux ropes detected in the solar wind (SW) a few days after their expulsion from the Sun as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Aims: Both the in situ observations of plasma velocity profiles and the increase of their size with solar distance show that MCs are typically expanding structures. The aim of this work is to derive the expansion properties of MCs in the inner heliosphere from 0.3 to 1 AU. Methods: We analyze MCs observed by the two Helios spacecraft using in situ magnetic field and velocity measurements. We split the sample in two subsets: those MCs with a velocity profile that is significantly perturbed from the expected linear profile and those that are not. From the slope of the in situ measured bulk velocity along the Sun-Earth direction, we compute an expansion speed with respect to the cloud center for each of the analyzed MCs. Results: We analyze how the expansion speed depends on the MC size, the translation velocity, and the heliocentric distance, finding that allMCs in the subset of non-perturbed MCs expand with almost the same non-dimensional expansion rate (ζ).We find departures from this general rule for ζ only for perturbed MCs, and we interpret the departures as the consequence of a local and strong SW perturbation by SW fast streams, affecting the MC even inside its interior, in addition to the direct interaction region between the SW and the MC. We also compute the dependence of the mean total SW pressure on the solar distance and we confirm that the decrease of the total SW pressure with distance is the main origin of the observed MC expansion rate. We found that ζ was 0.91 ± 0.23 for non-perturbed MCs while ζ was 0.48 ± 0.79 for perturbed MCs, the larger spread in the last ones being due to the influence of the solar wind local environment conditions on the expansion. © ESO 2010. Fil:Gulisano, A.M. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Dasso, S. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. Fil:Ruiz, M.E. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales; Argentina. 2010 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf eng info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00046361_v509_n1_p_Gulisano
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topic Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Magnetic fields - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - Sun
Astrophysics
Boundary layer flow
Clouds
Interplanetary spacecraft
Magnetic fields
Magnetohydrodynamics
Semiconductor counters
Solar wind
Sun
Velocity
Velocity measurement
Coronal mass ejection
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Interplanetary medium
Magnetohydrodynamics suns
Expansion
spellingShingle Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Magnetic fields - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - Sun
Astrophysics
Boundary layer flow
Clouds
Interplanetary spacecraft
Magnetic fields
Magnetohydrodynamics
Semiconductor counters
Solar wind
Sun
Velocity
Velocity measurement
Coronal mass ejection
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Interplanetary medium
Magnetohydrodynamics suns
Expansion
Gulisano, A.M.
Démoulin, P.
Dasso, S.
Ruiz, M.E.
Marsch, E.
Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
topic_facet Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Magnetic fields - Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) - Sun
Astrophysics
Boundary layer flow
Clouds
Interplanetary spacecraft
Magnetic fields
Magnetohydrodynamics
Semiconductor counters
Solar wind
Sun
Velocity
Velocity measurement
Coronal mass ejection
Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) - Solar wind - Interplanetary medium
Interplanetary medium
Magnetohydrodynamics suns
Expansion
description Context: Observations of magnetic clouds (MCs) are consistent with the presence of flux ropes detected in the solar wind (SW) a few days after their expulsion from the Sun as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Aims: Both the in situ observations of plasma velocity profiles and the increase of their size with solar distance show that MCs are typically expanding structures. The aim of this work is to derive the expansion properties of MCs in the inner heliosphere from 0.3 to 1 AU. Methods: We analyze MCs observed by the two Helios spacecraft using in situ magnetic field and velocity measurements. We split the sample in two subsets: those MCs with a velocity profile that is significantly perturbed from the expected linear profile and those that are not. From the slope of the in situ measured bulk velocity along the Sun-Earth direction, we compute an expansion speed with respect to the cloud center for each of the analyzed MCs. Results: We analyze how the expansion speed depends on the MC size, the translation velocity, and the heliocentric distance, finding that allMCs in the subset of non-perturbed MCs expand with almost the same non-dimensional expansion rate (ζ).We find departures from this general rule for ζ only for perturbed MCs, and we interpret the departures as the consequence of a local and strong SW perturbation by SW fast streams, affecting the MC even inside its interior, in addition to the direct interaction region between the SW and the MC. We also compute the dependence of the mean total SW pressure on the solar distance and we confirm that the decrease of the total SW pressure with distance is the main origin of the observed MC expansion rate. We found that ζ was 0.91 ± 0.23 for non-perturbed MCs while ζ was 0.48 ± 0.79 for perturbed MCs, the larger spread in the last ones being due to the influence of the solar wind local environment conditions on the expansion. © ESO 2010.
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author Gulisano, A.M.
Démoulin, P.
Dasso, S.
Ruiz, M.E.
Marsch, E.
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Démoulin, P.
Dasso, S.
Ruiz, M.E.
Marsch, E.
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title Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
title_short Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
title_full Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
title_fullStr Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
title_full_unstemmed Global and local expansion of magnetic clouds in the inner heliosphere
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