EGU22-434
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-434
EGU General Assembly 2022
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Studying the internal topology of Heliospheric Flux-ropes

Marcel Ayora Mexia1 and Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla2
Marcel Ayora Mexia and Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla
  • 1CFIS, Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain (marcel.ayoramexia@gmail.com)
  • 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA (teresa.nieves-chinchil-1@nasa.gov)

In heliophysics, a flux rope could be defined as a confined magnetized plasma within magnetic field lines wrapping around an axis in a twisting but not necessarily a monotonic way. Nieves-Chinchilla et al. 2016, 2018 describes a flux rope model built on the flexibility of a non-orthogonal coordinate system that adds complexity in the magnetic structure with the  incorporation of current density components that are generalized in a polynomial series. This work aims to develop a methodology to explore the current density distribution within the helispheric flux ropes that will serve as constraint to the flux rope modeling and 3D reconstruction as well as to add understanding on the flux rope formation and evolution in the solar wind. 

How to cite: Ayora Mexia, M. and Nieves-Chinchilla, T.: Studying the internal topology of Heliospheric Flux-ropes, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-434, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-434, 2022.