Ritesh Patel

Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences | ARIES · Department of Astronomy

Images of the extended solar corona, as observed by different white-light coronagraphs, include the K- and F-corona and suffer from a radial variation in intensity. These images require separation of the two coronal components with some additional image-processing to reduce the intensity gradient and analyse the structures and processes occurring a...

Some of the major challenges faced in understanding the early evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are due to limited observations in the inner corona ($<\,3$ R$_{\odot}$) and the plane of sky measurements. In this work, we have thus extended the application of the Graduated Cylindrical Shell (GCS) model to the inner coronal observations from...

Some of the major challenges faced in understanding the early evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are due to limited observations in the inner corona (< 3 R⊙) and the plane of sky measurements. In this work, we have thus extended the application of the Graduated Cylindrical Shell (GCS) model to the inner coronal observations from the ground–...

Images of the extended solar corona, as observed by white-light coronagraphs as observed by different white-light coronagraphs include the K- and F-corona and suffer from a radial variation in intensity. These images require separation of the two coronal components with some additional image-processing to reduce the intensity gradient and analyse t...

Despite studying Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) for several years, we are yet to have a complete understanding of their kinematics. In this regard, the change in kinematics of the CMEs, as they travel from the inner corona ($<$ 3R$_\odot)$ to the higher heights is essential. We do a follow up statistical study of several 3D kinematic parameters of 5...

Despite studying Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) for several years, we are yet to have a complete understanding of their kinematics. In this regard, the change in kinematics of the CMEs, as they travel from the inner corona ($<$ 3R$_\odot)$ to the higher heights is essential. We do a follow up statistical study of several 3D kinematic parameters of 5...

Aditya-L1 is India's first solar mission with Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) consisting of three spectral channels taking high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the inner corona up to 1.5 R at 5303 Å, 7892 Å, and 10747 Å. In this work, we present the strategy for the slit-width optimization for the VELC using synthetic line profile...

Aditya-L1 is India's first solar mission with Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) consisting of three spectral channels taking high-resolution spectroscopic observations of the inner corona up to 1.5 Rsun at 5303 \AA, 7892 \AA, and 10747 \AA. In this work, we present the strategy for the slit width optimization for the VELC using synthetic lin...

Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are highly dynamic events originating in the solar atmosphere, that show a wide range of kinematic properties and are the major drivers of the space weather. The angular width of the CMEs is a crucial parameter in the study of their kinematics. The fact that whether slow and fast CMEs (as based on their relative speed...

We report on a multi-wavelength analysis of the 26 January 2014 solar eruption involving a coronal mass ejection (CME) and a Type-II radio burst, performed by combining data from various space and ground-based instruments. An increasing standoff distance with height shows the presence of a strong shock, which further manifests itself in the continu...

We report on a multi-wavelength analysis of the 26 January 2014 solar eruption involving a coronal mass ejection (CME) and a Type-II radio burst, performed by combining data from various space-and ground-based instruments. An increasing standoff distance with height shows the presence of a strong shock, which further manifests itself in the continu...

We report on a multi-wavelength analysis of the 26 January 2014 solar eruption involving a coronal mass ejection (CME) and a Type-II radio burst, performed by combining data from various space-and ground-based instruments. An increasing standoff distance with height shows the presence of a strong shock, which further manifests itself in the continu...

Solar eruptions such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed in the inner solar corona (up to 4 R⊙) show acceleration profiles that appear as parabolic ridges in height–time plots. Inspired by the white-light automated detection algorithms Computer Aided CME Tracking System (CACTus) and Solar Eruptive Events Detection System (SEEDS), we employ th...

Solar eruptions such as Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) observed in the inner solar corona (up to 4 R$_{\odot}$) show acceleration profiles which appear as parabolic ridges in height-time plots. Inspired by the white-light automated detection algorithms, Computer Aided CME Tracking System (CACTus) and Solar Eruptive Events Detection System (SEEDS), w...

Context. Coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are often observed to be accompanied by flare, current sheets, and plasmoids/plasma blobs. 2D and 3D numerical simulations and observations reported plasmoids moving upward as well as downward along the current sheet. Aims. We aim to investigate the properties of plasmoids observed in the current sheet formed...

We investigate the properties of plasmoids observed in the current sheet formed after an X-8.3 flare followed by a fast CME eruption on September 10, 2017 using Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) and white-light coronagraph images. The main aim is to understand the evolution of plasmoids at different spatio-temporal scales using existing ground- and space-b...

Since Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are the major drivers of space weather, it is crucial to study their evolution starting from the inner corona. In this work we use Graduated Cylindrical Shell (GCS) model to study the 3D evolution of 59 CMEs in the inner ($<$ 3R$_{\odot}$) and outer ($>$ 3R$_{\odot}$) corona using observations from COR-1 and COR...

Since Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) are the major drivers of space weather, it is crucial to study their evolution starting from the inner corona. In this work we use Graduated Cylindrical Shell (GCS) model to study the 3D evolution of 59 CMEs in the inner ($<$ 3R$_{\odot}$) and outer ($>$ 3R$_{\odot}$) corona using observations from COR-1 and COR-...

ADITYA-L1 is India’s first space mission to study the Sun from the Lagrange 1 position. The Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) is one of seven payloads on the ADITYA-L1 mission, which is scheduled to be launched around 2020. One of the primary objectives of the VELC is to study the dynamics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner corona...

ADITYA-L1 is India's first space mission to study the Sun from Lagrangian 1 position. { \textit{Visible Emission Line Coronagraph}} (VELC) is one of the seven payloads in ADITYA-L1 mission scheduled to be launched around 2020. One of the primary objectives of the VELC is to study the dynamics of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in the inner corona. Th...

An onboard automated coronal mass ejections (CMEs) detection algorithm has been developed for Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) onboard ADITYA-L1. The aim of this algorithm is to reduce the load on telemetry by sending the high spatial ($\sim$ 2.51 arcsec pixel$^{-1}$) and temporal (1 s) resolution images of corona from 1.05 R$_{\odot}$ to 3...

An onboard automated coronal mass ejections (CMEs) detection algorithm has been developed for Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) onboard ADITYA-L1. The aim of this algorithm is to reduce the load on telemetry by sending the high spatial (~ 2.51 arcsec pixel ⁻¹ ) and temporal (1 s) resolution images of corona from 1.05 R ⊙ to 3 R ⊙ , containin...

Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC) on board ADITYA-L1 is an internally occulted coronagraph with mirror as its primary objective element. It has a field of view (FOV) starting from 1.05 R ⊙ – 3 R ⊙ . It will observe the corona in continuum centered at 5000 Å and will perform spectroscopic observations of inner corona in two visible (5303 Å an...