Study of heliospheric magnetic flux rope instabilities driven by distortions
- 1Interdisciplinary Higher Education Centre (CFIS-UPC) Barcelona, Spain (samuel.capellas@estudiantat.upc.edu)
- 2NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt (MD), US (teresa.nieves-chinchil-1@nasa.gov)
Heliospheric magnetic flux ropes (MFRs) are usually considered to be the magnetic structure that dominates the transport of mass and energy from the Sun into the heliosphere. They entrain a confined plasma within a helically organized magnetic topology, transporting magnetic flux and helicity into the heliosphere, as well as being the main driver of geomagnetic activity.
Following the methodology introduced by Florido-Llinas. et. al. (Sol. Phys. 295, 118, 2020) we carry out a further study to evaluate the effect of distortions in MFR stability in the heliosphere. This way, we gain an insight in the understanding of the dynamical processes ruling the propagation and evolution of MFRs in the interplanetary medium, in a view to improve our space weather forecasting capability.
How to cite: Capellas Coderque, S. and Nieves-Chinchilla, T.: Study of heliospheric magnetic flux rope instabilities driven by distortions, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-435, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-435, 2022.
