Coupled Laboratory and Computational Investigation of Coronal Mass Ejection Dynamics
Abstract
The overall goal of this research was to substantiate, through a series of basic laboratory experiments and corroborative numerical modeling, the fundamental physics of CME interaction with the solar wind flow in the Suns outer corona. This research objective was to be accomplished in two ways. First, detailed laboratory experiments of the fundamental plasma physics were performed at U. New Mexico (UNM) using the existing Helicon-Cathode (HelCat) basic plasma science device, where CME-like structures moving into a flowing background plasma medium could be generated. Second, the U. Michigan state-of-the-art 3D BATS-R-US MHD numerical code was used to perform simulations of the propagation of plasma structures similar to those produced in the UNM experiments. The results of these two distinct approaches were to be compared in a systematic way to validate the numerical model, and to further our understanding of CME propagation through the solar wind.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 02, 2019
- Accession Number
- AD1110814
Entities
People
- Alan Lynn
- Mark Gilmore
Organizations
- University of New Mexico