Characteristics and applications of interplanetary coronal mass ejection composition

• Published in: Science China. Technological sciences Vol. 63; no. 11; pp. 2171 - 2187
• Main Authors: Song, HongQiang, Yao, Shuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Beijing Science China Press 01.11.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Abundance; Charged particles; Chromosphere; Composition; Coronal mass ejection; Electron energy; Engineering; First ionization potential; Heavy ions; In situ measurement; Magnetic flux; Photosphere; Remote sensing; Review; flare; interplanetary coronal mass ejection; magnetic flux rope; elemental abundance; ionic charge state; magnetic cloud; coronal mass ejection; filament

In situ measurements of interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) composition, including elemental abundances and charge states of heavy ions, open a new avenue to study coronal mass ejections (CMEs) besides remote-sensing observations. The ratios between different elemental abundances can diagnos...