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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 598, Issue 2, Pages 1392-1402Publisher
UNIV CHICAGO PRESS
DOI: 10.1086/379098
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shock waves; Sun : corona; Sun : coronal mass ejections (CMEs)
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The Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph Experiment (LASCO) C2 and C3 coronagraphs recorded a unique coronal mass ejection (CME) on 1999 April 2. The event did not have the typical three-part CME structure and involved a small-filament eruption without any visible overlying streamer ejecta. The event exhibited an unusually clear signature of a wave propagating at the CME flanks. The speed and density of the CME front and flanks were consistent with the existence of a shock. To better establish the nature of the white-light wave signature, we employed a simple MHD simulation using the LASCO measurements as constraints. Both the measurements and the simulation strongly suggest that the white-light feature is the density enhancement from a fast-mode MHD shock. In addition, the LASCO images clearly show streamers being deflected when the shock impinges on them. It is the first direct imaging of this interaction.
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