Speaker
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First Name: Andreas
Last Name: Weiss
Affiliation: University of Maryland Baltimore County
All Authors: Andreas J. Weiss, Carlos Braga, Erika Palmerio, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla
Abstract: We present our latest efforts to model the overall shape and electron density structure of coronal mass ejections using synthetic white-light simulations and observations from SoloHI. Our new approach makes use of the distorted magnetic flux rope (DMFR) model, which has so far only been used for studies of in-situ magnetic field observations. But we can also use this model to create a 3D density structure, from which we can then create synthetic white-light images. The synthetic images are created using a stochastic sampling approach instead of a traditional ray tracing technique. We have implemented a GCS-like geometry so that we can compare our results with previous studies but can also more complex geometries with bent axes and/or distorted non-circular cross-sections to better match the real observations. We show initial results of how our approach can be used to analyze SoloHI data for specific events.