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CME中的低电离态等离子体

Low ionization state plasma in CMEs

Jin-Yi Lee, John C. Raymond

摘要:

太阳和日光层天文台(SOHO)上的紫外日冕光谱仪经常在紫外波长观测低电离态日冕物质抛射(CME)等离子体。CME等离子体经常在O VI(3x10^5K)、C III(8x10^4K)、LyA和LyB中被探测到,低电离等离子体局限于明亮的丝状物或斑点,出现在Utron狭缝的小片段中。另一方面,太阳风离子成分谱仪(SWICS)的先进成分探测器(ACE)的现场观测表明,大多数高电离态等离子体在行星际日冕物质抛射(ICME)事件的磁云中,而低电离态是很少看到的。在这项分析中,我们调查是否低电离状态的CME等离子体观察到的USCOM占据足够小的分数的CME与ACE ICME的小部分,显示低电离等离子体相一致,或者是否CME等离子体必须进一步电离后,通过USCOM狭缝。为此,我们确定了10个CME事件的低电离态等离子体的覆盖因子。我们发现,在CME中的低电离态等离子体的平均覆盖因子小于10%。这表明ACE观测到的低电离态ICME等离子体的缺乏是由于航天器通过低电离等离子体区域的概率很小。我们还发现,低电离态等离子体覆盖因子在较快的CME比在较慢的CME小。

英文摘要:

The Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) often observes low ionization state coronal mass ejection (CME) plasma at ultraviolet wavelengths. The CME plasmas are often detected in O VI (3x10^5K), C III (8x10^4K), LyA, and LyB, with the low ionization plasma confined to bright filaments or blobs that appear in small segments of the UVCS slit. On the other hand, in situ observations by the Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) on board Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) have shown mostly high ionization state plasmas in the magnetic clouds in interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICME) events, while low ionization states are rarely seen. In this analysis, we investigate whether the low ionization state CME plasmas observed by UVCS occupy small enough fractions of the CME to be consistent with the small fraction of ACE ICMEs that show low ionization plasma, or whether the CME plasma must be further ionized after passing the UVCS slit. To do this, we determine the covering factors of low ionization state plasma for 10 CME events. We find that the low ionization state plasmas in CMEs observed by UVCS show average covering factors below 10%. This indicates that the lack of low ionization state ICME plasmas observed by the ACE results from a small probability that the spacecraft passes through a region of low ionization plasma. We also find that the low ionization state plasma covering factors in faster CMEs are smaller than in slower CMEs.

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