SECCHI 3D Reconstruction Efforts at NRL.pptVIP

SECCHI 3D Reconstruction Efforts at NRL Angelos Vourlidas Naval Research Laboratory Outline Currently pursuing three approaches for 3D reconstructions of CMEs and coronal structures (plumes, streamers, etc). Parametric modeling (RayTrace) Thernisien, Howard Tomographic modeling (Pixon) Cook, Newmark, Reiser Hybrid Approach (Pixon w/ ARM) Reiser RayTrace Models the brightness (total and polarized) produced by Thomson electron scattering from an arbitrary electron density distribution. The input electron density distribution can be either a 3D data cube or an analytic description. The output is a 2D image that simulates the observation in a white light coronagraph (user-defined). The observer location, image spatial resolution, the orientation of the density model and the instrumental vignetting function are arbitrary. Key contacts:  Thernisien (raytrace), Patel (GUI), Howard, Vourlidas. RayTrace Frontend RayTrace Visualization Example of a fluxrope visualization in RayTrace. CME Models Currently Implemented “2D” Loop Spherical shell Cylindrical shell “Ice Cream Cone” Graduated cylindrical shell (GCS) Since the GCS model is a reasonable simulation of a flux-rope CME, we have used it to investigate the appearance of a CME as a function of STEREO separation angle. Parameters are The angular size in the two directions Thickness of the shell The height of the leading edge The orientation of the structure in the corona The radial electron density distribution Spherical Shell “Flux Rope” Calculated in 3 Orientations “Horizontal” Flux Rope We present views of the horizontal flux rope as a function of angle from the observer’s viewpoint A halo CME is 0 degrees A limb CME is 90 degrees The SECCHI COR2 vignetting function as been applied Horizontal “Flux Rope” RayTrace Summary We have simulated the effect of the STEREO orbit separation on the appearance and the ability to reconstruct the 3D geometry Spherical Shell, Loop, Cone and Gradua