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Gosling, J.T., Bame, S.J., McComas, D.J., Phillips, J.L., Scime, E.E., Pizzo, V.J., Goldstein, B.E. and Balogh, A. (1994). A forward-reverse shock pair in the solar wind driven by over-expansion of a coronal mass ejection: Ulysses observations. Geophysical Research Letters 21: doi: 10.1029/94GL00001. issn: 0094-8276. |
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A previously unidentified type of solar wind forward-reverse shock pair has been observed by Ulysses at 4.64 AU and S32.5¿. In contrast to most solar wind forward-reverse shock pairs, which are driven by the speed difference between fast solar wind plasma and slower plasma ahead, this particular shock pair was driven purely by the over-expansion of a coronal mass ejection, CME, in transit from the Sun. A simple numerical simulation indicates that the overexpansion was a result of a high initial internal plasma and magnetic field pressure within the CME. The CME observed at 4.64 AU had the internal field structure of a magnetic flux rope. This event was associated with a solar disturbance in which new magnetic loops formed in the corona almost directly beneath Ulysses ~11 days earlier. This association suggests that the flux rope was created as a result of reconnection between the ''legs'' of neighboring magnetic loops within the rising CME. |
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Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary shocks, Interplanetary Physics, Solar wind plasma, Interplanetary Physics, Sources of the solar wind, Interplanetary Physics, Interplanetary magnetic fields |
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American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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