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Detection and Characterisation of a Coronal Mass Ejection using Interplanetary Scintillation measurements from the Murchison Widefield Array

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2023-05-15 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Abstract

We have shown previously that the Murchison Widefield Array (MWA), can detect hundreds of Interplanetary Scintillation (IPS) sources simultaneously across a field of view 30\sim30^\circ in extent. To test if we can use this capability to track heliospheric structures, we undertook a search of 88 hours of MWA IPS data, and identified an observation likely to have a significant Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) in the field of view. We demonstrate that in a single 5-minute MWA observation we are able to localise and image a CME \sim33 hours after launch at an elongation of 37\sim37^\circ from the Sun. We use IPS observables to constrain the kinematics of the CME, and describe how MWA IPS observations can be used in the future to make a unique contribution to heliospheric modelling efforts.

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@article{arxiv.2303.09134,
  title  = {Detection and Characterisation of a Coronal Mass Ejection using Interplanetary Scintillation measurements from the Murchison Widefield Array},
  author = {J. Morgan and P. I. McCauley and A. Waszewski and R. Ekers and R. Chhetri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2303.09134},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

12 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in "Space Weather" (ISSN:1542-7390)

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