ScienceProblem: CoronalMassEjectionTrigger

PrimaryActor:

Solar Astronomer

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ScienceGoal:

Gain an understanding of what initiates a CoronalMassEjection (CME).

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DataSets:

SolarAndHelioSphericObservatory (SOHO) and TransitionRegionAndCoronalExplorer (TRACE) instrumentation.

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ProblemDescription:

do flux ropes trigger a coronal mass ejection

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CurrentSolution:

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VOSolution:

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KeyReferences:

Foley, C. et al, 2001, ApJ 560, L91

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GoodStyle: Please add comments below. This area should be used for refinement of the above document. If you want to ask questions or start a dialogue with the author, please use (or create) a topic in the Science Problems Forum.
Author: Once the refinements here and comments in the forum die down, perhaps you could rewrite the problem, incorporating the comments and refinements.

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Flux rope ejection may be a by product of the mechanism that causes CMEs; there could be others. How does this case differ from a filament eruption? What are the features used to identify what obervations should be selected. Which SOHO obervations are needed; are ground based data needed?

-- BobBentley - 27 Apr 2002

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Need to expand this case. Could be a key Solar driver. How does one identify the initial search criteria.

-- NicholasWalton - 17 Apr 2002

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-- NicholasWalton - 22 Jan 2002