HR: 13:55h
AN: SH23B-02    [Abstracts]
TI: Impulsive Dynamics of Coronal Mass Ejections
AU: * Schuck, P W
EM: schuck@ppdmail.nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20375,
AU: Chen, J
EM: chen@ppd.nrl.navy.mil
AF: Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20375,
AB: Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are a magnetic eruptions that carry 10²³ Wb of magnetic flux and 10^{15\-- 16}~g of material into interplanetary space with a kinetic energy of 10^31\--32 ergs and represent the dominant source of non-recurrent geomagnetic storms. Quantifying and understanding CME kinematics is fundamental for testing theoretical models of CME propagation. We propose a heuristic Newtonian model for quantifying impulsive CME dynamics and investigate CMEs observed by Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) augmented with observations of eruptive prominences observed by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging telescope (EIT), Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NRoH), Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO), and Kanzelhöehe Solar Observatory (KSO). Work supported by NASA and ONR.
DE: 7513 Coronal mass ejections (2101)
DE: 7519 Flares
DE: 7526 Magnetic reconnection (2723, 7835)
SC: SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics [SH]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting