A Time-Evolving 3D Method Dedicated to the Reconstruction of Solar plumes and Results Using Extreme Ultra-Violet Data

Nicolas Barbey (1, 2) , Frédéric Auchère (1) , Thomas Rodet (2) , Jean-Claude Vial (1)

1 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
2 L2S - Laboratoire des signaux et systèmes

An important issue in the tomographic reconstruction of the solar poles is the relatively rapid evolution of the polar plumes. We demonstrate that it is possible to take into account this temporal evolution in the reconstruction. The difficulty of this problem comes from the fact that we want a 4D reconstruction (three spatial dimensions plus time) while we only have 3D data (2D images plus time). To overcome this difficulty, we introduce a model that describes polar plumes as stationary objects whose intensity varies homogeneously with time. This assumption can be physically justified if one accepts the stability of the magnetic structure. This model leads to a bilinear inverse problem. We describe how to extend linear inversion methods to these kinds of problems. Studies of simulations show the reliability of our method. Results for SOHO/EIT data show that we are able to estimate the temporal evolution of polar plumes in order to improve the reconstruction of the solar poles from only one point of view. We expect further improvements from STEREO/EUVI data when the two probes will be separated by about 60°.

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Applications [stat.AP]

Nicolas Barbey, Frédéric Auchère, Thomas Rodet, Jean-Claude Vial. A Time-Evolving 3D Method Dedicated to the Reconstruction of Solar plumes and Results Using Extreme Ultra-Violet Data. 2008. ⟨hal-00221471v2⟩