Internal magnetic field structures observed by PSP/WISPR in a filament-related CME event
- 1University of Graz, Physics, Graz, Austria (greta.cappello@uni-graz.at)
- 2Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University, USA
- 3Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 91109, USA
- 4Department of Physics, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717, USA
- 5Institut für Astrophysik und Geophysik, Georg-August Universität, Göttingen, Germany
Parker Solar Probe (PSP; launched in 2018) observes the Sun from unprecedented close-in and out-of-ecliptic orbits. The unique and high-resolution data from the Wide-Field Imager for Solar Probe (WISPR) aboard PSP give us new insights about the initiation and early evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) in the inner Heliosphere. We investigate the morphology and propagation behavior of distinct small-scale structures associated with a CME caused by a filament eruption, together with blobs related to the post-CME current sheet. Within this work we want to answer the following questions: how do the small scale magnetic field structures develop, how do they change in shape over time and what is their relation with the erupting filament and flux rope, respectively. The fast PSP motion at perihelion allows one to have views from different angles of the same event, hence we apply a single-spacecraft triangulation technique to derive coordinates and kinematics of each tracked feature. We find distinct groups of small-scale features which appear to be the building blocks of the global CME. We categorised the small scale magnetic structures based on their morphology and extent in longitude and latitude. We obtained a large range of longitudes among the different blobs related to the CME-aftermath. Thread-bundles are identified in the inner Heliosphere, which might be related to the vertical threads that are seen evolving during the filament eruption. Finally, we discuss on the different global appearances of the CME as observed from 1 AU compared to 0.18 AU (PSP).
How to cite: Cappello, G., Temmer, M., Vourlidas, A., Braga, C., Liewer, P., Qiu, J., Stenborg, G., Kouloumvakos, A., Veronig, A., Penteado, P., Bothmer, V., and Chifu, I.: Internal magnetic field structures observed by PSP/WISPR in a filament-related CME event, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14–19 Apr 2024, EGU24-16583, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-16583, 2024.