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The solar wind conditions at one astronomical unit (AU) can be strongly disturbed by the interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). A subset, called magnetic clouds (MCs), is formed by twisted flux ropes that transport an important…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Dasso , M. S. Nakwacki , P. Démoulin , C. H. Mandrini

The sheaths of compressed solar wind that precede interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) commonly display large-amplitude magnetic field fluctuations. As ICMEs propagate radially from the Sun, the properties of these fluctuations may…

Space Physics · Physics 2022-05-23 S. W. Good , M. Ala-Lahti , E. Palmerio , E. K. J. Kilpua , A. Osmane

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are magnetic structures propagating from the Sun's corona to the interplanetary medium. With over 20 years of observations at the L1 libration point, ACE offers hundreds of ICMEs detected at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 F. Regnault , M. Janvier , P. Démoulin , F. Auchère , A. Strugarek , S. Dasso , C. Noûs

We present the first statistical analysis of complexity changes affecting the magnetic structure of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs), with the aim of answering the questions: How frequently do ICMEs undergo magnetic complexity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-14 Camilla Scolini , Réka M. Winslow , Noé Lugaz , Tarik M. Salman , Emma E. Davies , Antoinette B. Galvin

We study two interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) observed at Mercury and 1 AU by spacecraft in longitudinal conjunction, investigating the question: what causes the drastic alterations observed in some ICMEs during propagation,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-04 Reka M. Winslow , Camilla Scolini , Noé Lugaz , Antoinette B. Galvin

Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejections (ICMEs) originate from the eruption of complex magnetic structures occurring in our star's atmosphere. Determining the general properties of ICMEs and the physical processes at the heart of their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-01 F. Regnault , A. Strugarek , M. Janvier , F. Auchère , N. Lugaz , N. Al-Haddad

Interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) are the interplanetary manifestations of solar eruptions. The overtaken solar wind forms a sheath of compressed plasma at the front of ICMEs. Magnetic clouds (MCs) are a subset of ICMEs with…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-10 J. J. Masías-Meza , S. Dasso , P. Démoulin , L. Rodriguez , M. Janvier

We present multi-point in situ observations of a complex sequence of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which may serve as a benchmark event for numerical and empirical space weather prediction models. On 2010 August 1, instruments on various…

Solar wind measurements carried out by NASA's Wind spacecraft before, during and after the passing of an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) detected on 12-14 September 2014 have been used in order to examine several properties of…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-04-19 Roque Márquez Rodríguez , Luca Sorriso-Valvo , Emiliya Yordanova

We investigate the kinetic properties of a typical fast-mode shock inside an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) observed on 1998 August 6 at 1 AU, including particle distributions and wave analysis with the in situ measurements…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-30 Mingzhe Liu , Ying D. Liu , Zhongwei Yang , L. B. Wilson , Huidong Hu

We present an analysis of the ionic composition of iron for two interplanetary coronal mass ejections observed in May 21-23 2007 by the ACE and STEREO spacecraft in the context of the magnetic structure of the ejecta flux rope, sheath…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-06-11 Alysha Reinard , Benjamin Lynch , Tamitha Mulligan

Understanding the thermal and turbulence properties of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) is essential for analyzing their evolution and interactions with the surrounding medium. This study explores these characteristics across…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-27 Soumyaranjan Khuntia , Wageesh Mishra

Magnetic reconnection is essential to release the flux rope during its ejection. The question remains: how does the magnetic reconnection change the flux rope structure? Following the original study of \citet{Qiu2007}, we compare properties…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-09-30 Qiang Hu , Jiong Qiu , B. Dasgupta , A. Khare , G. M. Webb

We report radial speed evolution of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) detected by the SOHO/LASCO coronagraph, interplanetary scintillation (IPS) at 327 MHz, and in-situ observations. In this study, we analyze solar wind…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-12-09 Tomoya Iju , Munetoshi Tokumaru , Ken'ichi Fujiki

The elemental abundance of ICMEs and solar wind near 1 au is often adopted to represent the abundance in the corresponding coronal sources. However, the absolute abundance of heavy ions (relative to hydrogen) near 1 au might be different…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-02 Xuechao Zhang , Hongqiang Song , Chengxiao Zhang , Hui Fu , Leping Li , Jinrong Li , Xiaoqian Wang , Rui Wang , Yao Chen

On 2015 January 6-7, an interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) was observed at L1. This event, which can be associated with a weak and slow coronal mass ejection, allows us to discuss on the differences between the boundaries of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-06 C. Cid , J. Palacios , E. Saiz , A. Guerrero

Magnetic clouds (MCs), as large-scale interplanetary magnetic flux ropes, are usually still connected to the sun at both ends near 1 AU. Many researchers believe that all non-MC interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) also have…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-12-18 Jiemin Wang , Yan Zhao , Hengqiang Feng , Qiang Liu , Zhanjun Tian , Hongbo Li , Ake Zhao , Guoqing Zhao

We present a new approach to combine remote observations and in situ data by STEREO/HI and Wind, respectively, to derive the kinematics and propagation directions of interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs). We used two methods,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-02-07 T. Rollett , C. Möstl , M. Temmer , A. M. Veronig , C. J. Farrugia , H. K. Biernat

We present a catalogue of 35 interplanetary coronal mass ejections (ICMEs) observed by the Juno spacecraft and at least one other spacecraft during its cruise phase to Jupiter. We identify events observed by MESSENGER, Venus Express, Wind,…

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed near the Sun via LASCO coronographic imaging are the most important solar drivers of geomagnetic storms. ICMEs, their interplanetary, near-Earth counterparts, can be detected in-situ, for example, by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Yurchyshyn , Q. Hu , R. P. Lepping , B. J. Lynch , J. Krall