Magnetised coronal mass ejections: evolution and space weather impactacross the inner heliosphere

Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are the most energetic and largest-scale solar eruptions and arethe main drivers of severe space weather disturbances at Earth and other planets. The capabilityof CMEs to drive intense space weather disturbances primarily depends on their dynamicpressure and magnetic field properties at a given impact location. However, the properties ofindividual CMEs and their subsequent space weather impact can be significantly altered duringpropagation through the interplanetary space by the interaction with other large-scale structuresin the solar wind, or with other CMEs. In my research, I investigate these phenomena using acombination of observational data and advanced numerical models to improve ourunderstanding and prediction capabilities related to a variety of CME propagation scenarios andimpact locations across the Solar System.

Keywords:coronal mass ejections, solar wind, interplanetary magnetic fields, space weather, magnetohydrodynamics, numerical simulations

Disciplines:Space plasma physics and solar physics, Astronomy and astrophysics