Low resolution three dimensional reconstruction of CMEs using solar mass ejection imager (SMEI) data

Abstract. In this paper we present the results of the analysis of the late January 2007 Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) events recorded by the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI), the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO), and the SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft. This period occurs when the two STEREO spacecraft views are from close to Earth, and thus the views from both SMEI and the STEREO outer Heliospheric Imagers (HI-2s) coincide. Three-dimensional (3-D) analyses derived from SMEI data show many CMEs that have also been studied by others using short-term image subtractions (image-differencing techniques). During this interval we map several CME structures that are observed in both SMEI and the STEREO-A HI instruments. SMEI brightness analyses provided by short-term image subtractions ("difference images") and, alternatively, subtractions of a mean-brightness fit over a long-time duration, both show the extents of the CMEs travelling outward above the East limb that erupted from the Sun on 24 and 25 January 2007. The SMEI 3-D-reconstructions not only enhance distinct features within the CME events, but also reconcile difference-imaging results with those where a long-term base has been removed. In the January 2007 example the structure as mapped by CME difference images traces the sharp intensity gradients at the front of the CMEs; generally brighter ejected material follows behind the location of the CME front, but shows poorly in these because of its larger angular extent. Using the long-duration background removal enables SMEI's 3-D analysis to determine a mass for this CME sequence North of the ecliptic.

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Evolution of the 5 January 2005 CMEs associated with eruptive filaments in inner heliosphere

Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union ◽

10.1017/s1743921313011691 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (S300) ◽

pp. 491-492 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Rahul Sharma ◽

Nandita Srivastava ◽

Bernard V. Jackson ◽

D. Chakrabarty ◽

Nolan Luckett ◽

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Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

Flux Rope ◽

Recovery Phase ◽

Magnetic Clouds ◽

Reconstruction Technique ◽

Solar Mass ◽

Magnetic Structures ◽

Solar Mass Ejection Imager ◽

Mass Ejection ◽

Filament Plasma

AbstractOn 5 January 2005, SoHO/LASCO observed two CMEs associated with eruptive filaments with different initial velocities and acceleration. The second CME accelerates much faster than the previous and the resulting interaction has been revealed in in-situ spacecraft measurements by the presence of magnetic holes at the border of the two distinct magnetic clouds. At their interface region, these magnetic clouds have embedded filament plasma that shows complex magnetic structures with a distinct magnetic flux rope configuration; these have been modeled by the Grad - Shafranov reconstruction technique. The geomagnetic consequences of these structures have been associated with substorms in recovery phase of a storm and detailed analysis is presented in Sharma et al. (2013). In the present paper, we highlight the comparison of shape and extent of two filament plasma remnants in magnetic clouds as revealed by three - dimensional (3D) reconstruction and analysis from the Solar Mass Ejection Imager (SMEI) data. The results provide an overview of the two eruptive filaments on 5 January 2005 and their interplanetary propagation.

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Methods for three-dimensional reconstruction of cellular components within a thick section

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100141871 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 44 ◽

pp. 18-21

Author(s):

J. Frank ◽

B. F. McEwen ◽

M. Radermacher ◽

C. L. Rieder

Keyword(s):

Tilt Angle ◽

Tomographic Reconstruction ◽

3D Structure ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Thick Section ◽

Three Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Axis Ratio ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Cellular Components

The tomographic reconstruction from multiple projections of cellular components, within a thick section, offers a way of visualizing and quantifying their three-dimensional (3D) structure. However, asymmetric objects require as many views from the widest tilt range as possible; otherwise the reconstruction may be uninterpretable. Even if not for geometric obstructions, the increasing pathway of electrons, as the tilt angle is increased, poses the ultimate upper limitation to the projection range. With the maximum tilt angle being fixed, the only way to improve the faithfulness of the reconstruction is by changing the mode of the tilting from single-axis to conical; a point within the object projected with a tilt angle of 60° and a full 360° azimuthal range is then reconstructed as a slightly elliptic (axis ratio 1.2 : 1) sphere.

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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Native Androctonus Australis Hemocyanin

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100181014 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 452-453

Author(s):

Nicolas Boisset ◽

Jean-Christophe Taveau ◽

Jean Lamy ◽

Terence Wagenknecht ◽

Michael Radermacher ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Solid Body ◽

Body Surface ◽

Three Dimensional ◽

Staining Technique ◽

Three Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

View Reconstruction ◽

Surface Representations ◽

Top View

Hemocyanin, the respiratory pigment of the scorpion Androctonus australis is composed of 24 kidney shaped subunits. A model of architecture supported by many indirect arguments has been deduced from electron microscopy (EM) and immuno-EM. To ascertain, the disposition of the subunits within the oligomer, the 24mer was submitted to three-dimensional reconstruction by the method of single-exposure random-conical tilt series.A sample of native hemocyanin, prepared with the double layer negative staining technique, was observed by transmisson electron microscopy under low-dose conditions. Six 3D-reconstructions were carried out indenpendently from top, side and 45°views. The results are composed of solid-body surface representations, and slices extracted from the reconstruction volume.The main two characters of the molecule previously reported by Van Heel and Frank, were constantly found in the solid-body surface representations. These features are the presence of two different faces called flip and flop and a rocking of the molecule around an axis passing through diagonnally opposed hexamers. Furthermore, in the solid-body surface of the top view reconstruction, the positions and orientations of the bridges connecting the half molecules were found in excellent agreement with those predicted by the model.

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Three-Dimensional Reconstruction of Two Forms of the Chaperonin GRO EL

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100180045 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 258-259

Author(s):

J.L. Carrascosa ◽

G. Abella ◽

S. Marco ◽

M. Muyal ◽

J.M. Carazo

Keyword(s):

Three Dimensional ◽

The Other ◽

Two Dimensional ◽

Series Method ◽

Three Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Structural Components ◽

E Coli ◽

Dimensional Reconstruction ◽

Morphogenetic Factors ◽

Tilt Series

Chaperonins are a class of proteins characterized by their role as morphogenetic factors. They trantsiently interact with the structural components of certain biological aggregates (viruses, enzymes etc), promoting their correct folding, assembly and, eventually transport. The groEL factor from E. coli is a conspicuous member of the chaperonins, as it promotes the assembly and morphogenesis of bacterial oligomers and/viral structures.We have studied groEL-like factors from two different bacteria:E. coli and B.subtilis. These factors share common morphological features , showing two different views: one is 6-fold, while the other shows 7 morphological units. There is also a correlation between the presence of a dominant 6-fold view and the fact of both bacteria been grown at low temperature (32°C), while the 7-fold is the main view at higher temperatures (42°C). As the two-dimensional projections of groEL were difficult to interprete, we studied their three-dimensional reconstruction by the random conical tilt series method from negatively stained particles.

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