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A Catalog of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by Juno between 1 and 5.4 AU

Space Physics 2021-12-22 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Abstract

We use magnetic field measurements by the Juno spacecraft to catalog and investigate interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) beyond 1 AU. During its cruise phase, Juno spent about 5 years in the solar wind between 2011 September and 2016 June, providing measurements of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) between 1 and 5.4 AU. Juno therefore presents the most recent opportunity for a statistical analysis of ICME properties beyond 1 AU since the Ulysses mission (1990-2009). Our catalog includes 80 such ICME events, 32 of which contain associated flux-rope-like structures. We find that the dependency of the mean magnetic field strength of the magnetic flux ropes decreases with heliocentric distance as r1.24±0.43r^{-1.24 \pm 0.43} between 1 and 5.4 AU, in good agreement with previous relationships calculated using ICME catalogs at Ulysses. We combine the Juno catalog with the HELCATS catalog to create a dataset of ICMEs covering 0.3-5.4 AU. Using a linear regression model to fit the combined dataset on a double-logarithmic plot, we find that there is a clear difference between global expansion rates for ICMEs observed at lesser heliocentric distances and those observed farther out beyond 1 AU. The cataloged ICMEs at Juno present a good basis for future multispacecraft studies of ICME evolution between the inner heliosphere, 1 AU, and beyond.

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@article{arxiv.2111.11336,
  title  = {A Catalog of Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections Observed by Juno between 1 and 5.4 AU},
  author = {Emma E. Davies and Robert J. Forsyth and Réka M. Winslow and Christian Möstl and Noé Lugaz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2111.11336},
  year   = {2021}
}

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