Modeling the Early Evolution of a Slow Coronal Mass Ejection Imaged by the Parker Solar Probe. (arXiv:2002.08756v1 [astro-ph.SR])
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Rouillard_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Alexis P. Rouillard</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Poirier_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nicolas Poirier</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Lavarra_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Michael Lavarra</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Bourdelle_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Antony Bourdelle</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Dalmasse_K/0/1/0/all/0/1">K&#xe9;vin Dalmasse</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kouloumvakos_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Athanasios Kouloumvakos</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Vourlidas_A/0/1/0/all/0/1">Angelos Vourlidas</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kunkel_V/0/1/0/all/0/1">Valbona Kunkel</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hess_P/0/1/0/all/0/1">Phillip Hess</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Howard_R/0/1/0/all/0/1">Russ A. Howard</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Stenborg_G/0/1/0/all/0/1">Guillermo Stenborg</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Raouafi_N/0/1/0/all/0/1">Nour E. Raouafi</a>

During its first solar encounter, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) acquired
unprecedented up-close imaging of a small Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
propagating in the forming slow solar wind. The CME originated as a cavity
imaged in extreme ultraviolet that moved very slowly ($<50$ km/s) to the 3-5
solar radii (R$_odot$) where it then accelerated to supersonic speeds. We
present a new model of an erupting Flux Rope (FR) that computes the forces
acting on its expansion with a computation of its internal magnetic field in
three dimensions. The latter is accomplished by solving the Grad-Shafranov
equation inside two-dimensional cross sections of the FR. We use this model to
interpret the kinematic evolution and morphology of the CME imaged by PSP. We
investigate the relative role of toroidal forces, momentum coupling, and
buoyancy for different assumptions on the initial properties of the CME. The
best agreement between the dynamic evolution of the observed and simulated FR
is obtained by modeling the two-phase eruption process as the result of two
episodes of poloidal flux injection. Each episode, possibly induced by magnetic
reconnection, boosted the toroidal forces accelerating the FR out of the
corona. We also find that the drag induced by the accelerating solar wind could
account for about half of the acceleration experienced by the FR. We use the
model to interpret the presence of a small dark cavity, clearly imaged by PSP
deep inside the CME, as a low-density region dominated by its strong axial
magnetic fields.

During its first solar encounter, the Parker Solar Probe (PSP) acquired
unprecedented up-close imaging of a small Coronal Mass Ejection (CME)
propagating in the forming slow solar wind. The CME originated as a cavity
imaged in extreme ultraviolet that moved very slowly ($<50$ km/s) to the 3-5
solar radii (R$_odot$) where it then accelerated to supersonic speeds. We
present a new model of an erupting Flux Rope (FR) that computes the forces
acting on its expansion with a computation of its internal magnetic field in
three dimensions. The latter is accomplished by solving the Grad-Shafranov
equation inside two-dimensional cross sections of the FR. We use this model to
interpret the kinematic evolution and morphology of the CME imaged by PSP. We
investigate the relative role of toroidal forces, momentum coupling, and
buoyancy for different assumptions on the initial properties of the CME. The
best agreement between the dynamic evolution of the observed and simulated FR
is obtained by modeling the two-phase eruption process as the result of two
episodes of poloidal flux injection. Each episode, possibly induced by magnetic
reconnection, boosted the toroidal forces accelerating the FR out of the
corona. We also find that the drag induced by the accelerating solar wind could
account for about half of the acceleration experienced by the FR. We use the
model to interpret the presence of a small dark cavity, clearly imaged by PSP
deep inside the CME, as a low-density region dominated by its strong axial
magnetic fields.

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