Solar, Heliospheric, and Interplanetary Environment (SHINE): Understanding the Role of Reconnection in Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) Initiation

这项提议将使用RHESSI硬X射线数据和踪迹图像来研究日冕物质抛射中磁重联的时间和空间特征。目标是了解重新连接在启动CMES方面的作用。这项工作将使用日冕喷发作为CME启动的替代指标，并将适当处理的硬X射线数据作为重联位置的指示器。飞行时间分析将有助于限制要分析的重联区域。这种检查CME启动的方法是全新的，因为它将利用以前从未获得的RHESSI数据和飞行时间测量。

This proposal will use RHESSI hard X-ray data and TRACE images to investigate the temporal and spatial characteristics of magnetic reconnection in CMEs. The goal is to understand the role of reconnection in the initiation of CMEs. This work will use prominence eruptions as proxies for CME initiation and suitably processed hard X-ray data as an indicator of reconnection location. Time-of-flight analysis will help constrain the reconnection region to be analyzed. This approach to examining CME initiation is totally new, since it will exploit never-before-available RHESSI data and time-of-flight measurements.