On distribution of CMEs speed in solar cycle 23 |
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| Authors: | Nishant Mittal Joginder Sharma Vivek Tomar Udit Narain |
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| Institution: | Astrophysics research group, Department of physics, Meerut College, Meerut 250001, India |
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| Abstract: | We have analyzed the data for more than 12900 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) which were obtained by SOHO/LASCO during the period of 1996-2007. The online CME catalogue contains all major CMEs detected by LASCO C2 and C3 coronagraphs. Basically we determine the CME speeds from the linear and quadratic fits to the height-time measurements. It is found that linear (constant speed) fit is preferable for 90% of the CMEs. The distribution of speeds of CMEs in solar cycle 23 is presented along with those obtained by others. As expected, the speeds decrease in the decay phase of the cycle 23. There is an unusual drop in speed in the year 2001 and an abnormal increase in speed in the year 2003 due to the high concentration of CMEs, X-class soft X-ray flares, solar energetic particle (SEP) events and interplanetary shocks observed during October-November period called Halloween events. |
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| Keywords: | Sun Coronal mass ejections Solar cycle Speed |
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