The Contribution and FIP Bias of Three Types of Materials inside ICMEs Associated with Different Flare Intensities

Abstract

Abstract The relationship between coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and flares is an important issue in solar and stellar physics. The studies on the origination and generation mechanisms of interplanetary CME (ICME) materials are crucial for understanding the connection between CMEs and flares. The materials inside ICMEs can be classified into three types, coming from corona directly (corona materials), heated by magnetic reconnection in corona (heated corona materials), and generated by chromospheric evaporation (chromospheric evaporation materials). Here the contribution and first ionization potential (FIP) bias of three types of materials inside ICMEs associated with different flare intensities are analyzed and compared. We find that the speeds and scales of near-Earth ICMEs both increase with flare intensities. The proportions of heated corona materials are nearly constant with flare intensities. The contributions of corona materials (chromospheric evaporation materials) are significantly decreased (increased) with flare intensities. More than two-thirds of materials are chromospheric evaporation materials for ICMEs associated with strong flares. The FIP bias of corona materials and heated corona materials is almost the same. The FIP bias of chromospheric evaporation materials is significantly higher than that of corona materials and heated corona materials, and it is increased with flare intensities. The above characteristics of FIP bias can be explained reasonably by the origination and generation mechanisms of three types of ICME materials. The present study demonstrates that the origination and generation mechanisms of ICME materials are significantly influenced by flare intensities. The reasons for the elevation of FIP bias, if ICMEs are regarded as a whole, are that the FIP bias of chromospheric evaporation materials is much higher, and the chromospheric evaporation materials contributed significantly to the ICMEs that are associated with strong flares.