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1 Complexity of Solar Eruptions Nat Gopalswamy, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
Topics to be discussed CME-CME interactions Radio Signatures (Energetic Electrons) Solar Energetic Particles More details: ApJ, 548, L91, 2001 ApJ, 572, L103, 2002 GRL 29(8), 106-1, 2002 SW10 Proceedings SHINE meeting Invited talk Plenary session August Banff

2 CME interaction: CMEs in the SW & NW are overtaken by a larger CME
CME1 at 01:54 and CME2 at 05:30 originated from the same region (S20W90) confirmed from SOHO/EIT and Nobeyama images. Note also that the streamer in the NW is pushed away by the eruption. The ‘Snow Storm’ in LASCO images is due To SEPs reaching SOHO Detectors

3 A Type II Radio Burst Type III (e beams)v = 0.3 c, Type II (shocks) v km/s

4 Radio: Decameter-Hectometer (DH: 1-14 MHz)
Type II Gopalswamy, 2000 AGU Monogr. SA Event (Type III Bursts)

5 Something after the type II!
CME2 CME1 Type II ? III

6 Another Strange Feature: 00/06/10 Gopalswamy et al. 2001, ApJ, 548, L91

7 Two Fast CMEs, 100 deg Apart CME1: 600 km/s CME2: 850 km/s
Shock ahead of CME2 passes through CME1

8 Solar Sources of Interacting CMEs
Yohkoh/SXT movie shows that the CMEs originate from far away regions

9 Source Regions of 1997 11 04 CMEs: Yohkoh/SXT

10 Shock Passing Through a CME
Radio emission due to CME1-shock2 interaction Caution: Not all interactions will produce the same type of radio signature CME1 CME2

11 Two Fast CMEs: EIT Diff. & LASCO C2 images
23:54 UT 22:30 UT

12 20010120 CMEs Two fast CMEs from the same region, two hours apart
Both driving shocks Intense radio emission following the second The second CME “sees” a different corona, viz, the first CME EIT 195 movie showing the source of the two fast CMEs

13 Wind/ WAVES Radio Burst
SOHO/LASCO Trajectories CME1: 830 km/s CME2: 1460 km/s Shocks “see” different environments

14 The two CMEs are indistinguishable at 23:42 UT (Cannibalism)
830 km/s 1460 km/s

15 99/09/03 CMEs GRL 29(8), 106-1, 2002 01:41 UT 565 km/s 288 km/s
No Radio Emission Before interaction! Reconnection??

16 Slope Change 2000/06/06

17 CME interaction Slow CME (337 km/s) followed by fast CME (940 km/s) Both eruptions from the same region on the Sun LASCO C3 Movie

18 Multiple Interaction? Dynamic spectrum highly complex

19 CME-Streamer Interaction 01/02/11
LASCO C2 Movie showing CME-Streamer interaction II III ?

20 Solar Sources of CME & Streamer
Streamer at the limb Filament at N24W57 Surge (hot) NS ribbon/arcade

21 Complex Type II Preceding CME

22 Summary Of Radio Signature of CME Interactions (1-14 MHz Wind/WAVES)
Deviation from normal type II signature of narrow-band drifting feature – generally broadband (df/f >> 10%) and fragmented Slope changes Irregular enhancements Enhanced complexity in type III bursts

23 How Frequent? ~ 24 % of All CMEs seem to interact (Preliminary results)
Year (Tot. #CMEs) # Interaction events 1996 (198) 19 (10%) 1997 (334) 31 (9%) 1998 (622) 47 (8%) 1999 (939) 91 (10%) 2000 (1533) 199 (13%) 2001 (1410) 217 (15%) Total (5036) 604 (12%)

24 Colliding CMEs: Multiple Interactions

25 Interacting CMEs & SEPs: Statistics
 Nonthermal radio signatures at the time of CME interactions indicate production of nonthermal electrons.  Can protons also be produced at the same time?  But the conditions for detection of electromagnetic waves (signature of nonthermal electrons) and SEPs are different: electrons need not escape; protons need to escape from the acceleration region and arrive at the spacecraft.

26 GOES SEP onset 16 UT CME onset 15:56 UT
WAVES Radio enhancement

27 2001/10/01: Electrons & Protons
Protons and electrons were accelerated during the 2001/10/01 CME. The type II enhancements may be due to CME interactions.

28 SEP – CME Analysis Plots: 97/11/04 Event
GOES SEPs 10 MeV (red) 50 MeV (blue) 100 MeV (green) CME height-time plots around SEP onset: red: west limb Blue: east limb GOES flare data

29 Some definitions Primary CME: The CME which is clearly responsible for the SEP event. Preceding CME: The CME that leaves the Sun before the primary, and hence is overtaken by it typically within the LASCO FOV. (In principle, there must be interactions at various distances between Sun and Earth) Major SEPs: proton intensity > 10 pfu Minor SEPs: proton intensity between 1 and 10 pfu The CME interaction typically starts (a few hours) before the time the height-time plots intersect.

30 Primary CME Speed & Source Longitude
SEP CMEs are very fast (> 900km/s) They occur west of E45

31 Preceding CMEs are slow
The speed of preceding CMEs is small  may not provide seed particles.  Preceding fast CME may provide seed particles for the following shock Typically there is a large Position angle overlap between primary and preceding CMEs

32 Onset Time Diff & Intersection of Trajectories
Preceding CMEs typically leave a few hours before the primaries The primaries catch up with the preceding ones within the LASCO Field of View.

33 CME Interaction & SEPs: Statistics
Property Major Minor Total # 43 39 Avg Speed km/s 1393 927 Width >100 deg 98% (41/42) 87% (34/39) CME Interaction 83% (35/42) All Interactions 93% (39/42) 97% (38/39) Assoc.w/DH II 95% (40/42) 56% (22/39) Onset time Diff 6.9 hrs 7.1 hrs Intersec. Height 21 Ro Avg PA overlap 50 deg 52 deg

34 Inverse Study: Fast &Wide CMEs
52 fast (> 900km/s) & Wide (> 60deg) frontside, western hemispheric CMEs No SEP SEP No Interaction 4 2 (7) Interaction 6 40 (35) minor Marginal Including streamer interaction CME Interaction discriminates SEP-poor from SEP-rich

35 Two closely-spaced fast CMEs CME1: 20:30 UT (S25W69 AR 9698) CME2: 23:30 UT (S15W34 AR 9704) Also Resulted in spectacular radio signature (see next slide) CME2 CME1

36 2001/11/22 Interaction: CME1 has a narrowband type II & CME2 has an extremely broadband type II. Shock2 travels through the material of CME1, and the corona disturbed by it. Shock1 may have minor interactions. CME1 CME2 SHOCK2 SHOCK1

37 SEP-CME preceded by halo
CME1 & CME2 from same region CME1 precedes CME2 by 22 hrs The medium ahead of CME2 is modified by CME1 75% SEP events with > 100 pfu (E >10 MeV) had this situation Only 16% of < 50 pfu events had this situation 1 2

38 Large SEP events (>100 pfu)

39 More Halo-Halo Events

40 Interaction between two Fast & Wide CMEs
Particles can return to shock2 in sec to min depending upon separation If both CMEs have roughly the same speed, CME2 may or may not catch up with CME1 But CME1 field lines connected to shock2 continue to send back particles to the shock to be reaccelerated If CME1 also drives a shock, then particles can bounce between shocks Shock2 passing thru core1 may become stronger: Vs ~ B.n-1/2 CME1, when far away, can create a “quasi-parallel” situation for shock2

41 Implications of SEP Association with CME Interactions
SEP-producing CMEs are almost always launched into preceding CMEs SEP acceleration not from plain solar wind Shock strengthening particles trapped in preceding CME loops Different environment for the second CME Interaction close to Sun  Time Dependence of SEP charge state composition (before and after interaction) Density/Temperature Effects Additional stripping by dense preceding CMEs Seed particles from preceding shocks High temperature/density from preceding CME core Mixed impulsive-gradual signatures

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