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  The High Helium Abundance and Charge States of the Interplanetary CME and Its Material Source on the Sun

Fu, H., Harrison, R. A., Davies, J. A., Xia, L., Zhu, X., Li, B., et al. (2020). The High Helium Abundance and Charge States of the Interplanetary CME and Its Material Source on the Sun. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 900: L18. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abb083.

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Item Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-4D55-4 Version Permalink: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-4D56-3
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Fu, Hui, Author
Harrison, R. A., Author
Davies, J. A., Author
Xia, LiDong, Author
Zhu, XiaoShuai1, Author
Li, Bo, Author
Huang, ZhengHua, Author
Barnes, D., Author
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1Department Sun and Heliosphere, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, Justus-von-Liebig-Weg 3, 37077 Göttingen, DE, ou_1832289              

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Free keywords: Solar-terrestrial interactions ; Solar corona ; Solar coronal mass ejections ; Solar flares ; Solar abundances
 Abstract: Identifying the source of the material within coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and understanding CME onset mechanisms are fundamental issues in solar and space physics. Parameters relating to plasma composition, such as charge states and He abundance (A He), may be different for plasmas originating from differing processes or regions on the Sun. Thus, it is crucial to examine the relationship between in situ measurements of CME composition and activity on the Sun. We study the CME that erupted on 2014 September 10, in association with an X1.6 flare, by analyzing Atmospheric Imaging Assembly imaging and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) spectroscopic observations and its in situ signatures detected by Wind and Advanced Composition Explorer. We find that during the slow expansion and intensity increase of the sigmoid, plasma temperatures of 9 MK, and higher, first appear at the footpoints of the sigmoid, associated with chromospheric brightening. Then the high-temperature region extends along the sigmoid. IRIS observations confirm that this extension is caused by transportation of hot plasma upflow. Our results show that chromospheric material can be heated to 9 MK, and above, by chromospheric evaporation at the sigmoid footpoints before flare onset. The heated chromospheric material can transport into the sigmoidal structure and supply mass to the CME. The aforementioned CME mass supply scenario provides a reasonable explanation for the detection of high charge states and elevated A He in the associated interplanetary CME. The observations also demonstrate that the quasi-steady evolution in the precursor phase is dominated by magnetic reconnection between the rising flux rope and the overlying magnetic field structure.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.3847/2041-8213/abb083
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Title: The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  Other : Astrophys. J. Lett.
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press for the American Astronomical Society
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 900 Sequence Number: L18 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0004-637X
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954922828215