An analysis of magnetic flux rope event observed by the ACE spacecraft on April 16/17, 1999
*Hiromitsu Ishibashi[1]
,Katsuhide Marubashi [1]
Communications Research Laboratory/Hiraiso Solar Observatory[1]
The estimation of the geometry of the magnetic flux ropes by
using flux rope models is very effective method for clarifying
the physical relationship between the interplanetary magnetic
clouds and solar magnetic fields. In this presentation, we apply
this analysis method to the magnetic flux rope event observed
by the ACE spacecraft on April 16/17, 1999. In estimating the
geometry of the flux rope, we first applied a constant alpha
force-free cylindrical model including self-similar expansion
to the hourly averaged interplanetary magnetic field and plasma
data. We also apply the torus model, that is one of the more
realistic models, and discuss the validity of its use.