Title: CMEs, Shocks and Solar Energetic Particles
Author: D. Lario
Affil: The Johns Hopkins University. Applied Physics Laboratory. Laurel MD 20723
Email: david.lario@jhuapl.edu
Abstract: The largest solar energetic particle (SEP) events observed near earth are associated with fast shock waves driven by coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Energetic particles during these large and intense events have important consequences for space weather. A review of the most intense SEP events during the last three solar cycles will be presented. The existing current models for the simulation of this type of events will be discussed.
Title: CMEs, Coronal Waves, Coronal Dimming and Flares
Author: J. Burkepile
Affil: High Altitude Observatory, NCAR
Email: iguana@ucar.edu
Abstract: Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) have been known to be associated with a variety of solar phenomena since they were first observed with orbiting coronagraphs in the 1970s. While a general consensus seems to exist regarding the interpretation of the phenomenon of coronal dimming, the relationship between solar flares, coronal waves and CMEs has been a topic of some controversy. A general review of CME properties and their association with different types of solar activity will be presented. Emphasis will be given to the relationships between CMEs and more recent observations of coronal waves, coronal dimmings and solar flares observed in EUV and X-ray emission.
Title: CME Mythology: Do global CMEs or Sympathetic CMEs Exist?
Author: Rainer Schwenn
Affil: Max-Planck-Institut für Aeronomie
Email: schwenn@linmpi.mpg.de
Abstract: Some of the CME events seen by the LASCO coronagraphs in the early years of the SOHO mission appeared to be twin events, i.e. there occurred 2 CMEs on opposite limbs of the sun within minutes. Some observers are convinced that there must indeed have been a causal relationship between these very distant CMEs and call them "global" CMEs. Others disagree violently and claim that the simultaneity is due to mere chance. A third group came up with an interpretation in terms of a single halo-type CME. Who is right? In this talk I will reveal the answer.