X线耀斑过程中的磁剪切变化

通过对活动区ＮＯＡＡ６８９１中三个Ｘ线耀斑前后的向量磁场分析,研究耀斑发生条件与耀斑发生前后横向磁场和磁剪切变化的关系。我们发现与Ｈａｇｙａｒｄ的耀斑发生条件不同的是,强的横向磁场和磁剪切不是活动区中耀斑发生的充要条件。我们的结果表明,活动区ＮＯＡＡ６８９１ １９９１年３０日的耀斑发生在横向磁场和磁剪切剧烈下降后。尽管１０月２７日的耀斑发生后横向磁场和磁剪切变化很大,但由于有新磁流浮现,造成磁中性     

1989年1月14日AR5312活动区中的耀斑和磁场的关系(英文)

1989年1月14日AR5312(怀柔编号89009)活动区,产生了一个2B级耀斑。该活动区经纬度为L306、S32,黑子群磁场分类为δ型。耀斑开始时间为0202UT,结束为0534UT,持续了3个多小时。北京天文台磁场望远镜,得到了一系列较完整的高分辨磁场及速度场资料,包括光球5324A的矢量磁场图和色球4861A的纵向磁场图(图1、2)。从耀斑前后的磁图得到以下结果: 1、耀斑初始亮点位于纵向磁场中性线附近高度剪切区域(见图1B区)、新浮磁流区(图2D区)以及双极磁结构对消区。前两种区域均能形成电流片,并且引起磁流体不稳定性,从而激发耀斑,但对消区和耀斑的关系不是很清楚,有待于理论工作者进一步探讨。 2、耀斑极大时间过后,光球和色球H_(11)=0线附近纵场梯度均有明显下降。 3、在强剪切区域(图1B区),5324A横向磁场和H_(11)=0线之间的夹角在耀斑极大时间过后有明显增大,该现象表明磁能释放后,磁场剪切缓解。 4、耀斑初始亮点产生后磁场高度剪切区、新浮磁流区和双极对消区,其触发耀斑的作用和周围的磁场环境有密切关系,特别是象具有磁海湾结构这样的活动区,似乎更容易产生耀斑。 5. 该活动区色球磁场位形,较光球磁场位形复杂,主要表现在:色球的纵场出现了一些磁弧岛结构,其原因可能是光球之上的磁力线高度剪切区及扭绞所致。0411     

1984年2月25日日面大耀斑光学特性

1984年2月25日,日面爆发了一个高能大耀斑。我们取得了该耀斑过程的光球黑子活动区强磁场以及黑子、H_α色球等光学资料。分析表明:1.这种高能大耀斑是产生在有黑子剪切运动、新浮磁流和磁场梯度大的磁中性线(H_n=0)两侧;2.耀斑发展到极大前后,不但会掩盖部分后随黑子半影,而且还会进一步掩盖这些后随黑子本影;3.在高能大耀斑爆发过程中,相应的光球黑子活动区的强磁场会出现变化,磁通量增长率为1.0×10~8韦伯/秒,磁场梯度最大为0.2高斯/公里;4.黑子间的相对运动速度最大可达0.3公里/秒。     

3个太阳活动区中的水平和垂直电流与耀斑的关系

对3个超级活动区（大的δ型黑子群）NOAA 5395、6659、6891中的电流分布作了系统计算；利用已发表的计算方法，首次用于实际活动区的水平电流分布；给出了电流与耀斑核的关系。将这种关系分为两类：密切相关和准相关，并同时给出了统计结果。结果显示：1）对于垂直电流和水平电流来说，密切相关率分别是29％和10％，准相关率分别是50％和30％；2）有些耀斑核与两种电流都相关，而大多数只与其中一种相关；3）与两种电流都不相关的耀斑核只占6％左右；4）两种电流起互补作用，因而对于预报耀斑具有一定的作用。通过分析还发现，磁场剪切强的地方相应于强的垂直电流，而磁中性线附近纵向磁场梯度大的地方相应于强的水平电流。     

太阳耀斑区磁场和电流研究的一些新进展

在太阳耀斑区磁场和电流研究方面，文中将着重介绍太阳横向磁场方位的确定，太阳活动区磁场的非热性表示、太阳耀斑前后的活动区磁场变化、以及耀斑核块与活动区纵向电流密度极大点位置的关系等几个重要问题的研究现状。     

1978年4月底大黑子群的磁场和耀斑

本文分析了云台78126活动区的五天的磁场等高斯图资料后得出,倒置的磁极性排列和纵场中性线变得迂回曲折与高能质子耀斑爆发紧密相关。在耀斑爆发后,无论是磁极性排列和纵场中性线都趋于相对稳定状态。我们发现,活动区的净磁通量φ在4月28—30日期间有急剧的变化,而在这期间发生了二个重大耀斑。我们猜想,可能是磁通量的迅速变化引起的强大电动势造成了电子和质子加速的条件。分析了耀斑结点在磁图中的分布后得出;本活动区的耀斑亮点大多数离中性线区域较远,而出现在中性线附近的亮结点,可以大致分为两种情形,一种是在中性线两侧的磁场梯度很大且具有相反电流密度的区域;另一种是出现在磁场的“中性点”附近。     

AR5229活动区中耀斑和磁场的关系(英文)

本文研究了活动区5229中的H_β耀斑和磁场的关系。所用资料为北京天文台怀柔太阳观测站1988年11月13—18日期间获得的(时值活动区5229位于E40°W40°)。按活动区磁场演化情况,考察了新浮现磁流、磁剪切和磁对消与耀斑形成的关系。 图1a-1f给出了怀柔站观测到的11个H_β耀斑及87个耀斑核在纵向磁图上的情况。磁图以等高斯线形式给出,图中虚线表示负极,实线表示正极,等高斯线由外向内分别为20,40,80,160,320,640,960,1280,1600,1920,2240,2580,2800高斯。黑色小块表示Hβ耀斑核。其中有四分之三的Hβ耀斑核离开极性反变线的距离在10弧秒之内。发生在该活动区的耀斑超过80个,而怀柔站观测的仅是很小一部分。这对于耀斑建立过程的研究是很不够的,必需补充其他天文台的资料。注意到周报上已列出该活动区的软X射线(1～8A)M1.0级以上的高能耀斑事件,将它们补充进图1,用黑色三角形表示,画其位置时考虑到耀斑、黑子及磁特征之间的关系和它们彼此之间的时间差,并按Howard和Harvey给出的较差自转公式进行了改正。10个高能耀斑事件中有6个可能与磁特征N_3,N_7和P_2的衰减(即对消,另一极性在复杂活动区中衰减不明显)有关;另外的事件可能与发生在磁特征N_2、P_2之间的磁剪切有关。     

AR4811的精细结构演化特征及有关耀斑活动

用我国第一台高分辨光球——色球望远镜所取得的AR4811的高空间分辨(≤1″)的黑子和Hα色球照相资料分析了该活动区的精细结构的演化特征及有关耀斑活动。指出:(1)和当地原有磁场极性相同的新磁流的浮现在黑子群演化过程中起着阶段性的重要作用,但对活动区耀斑活动贡献不大。(2)有关暗条的各种频繁活动是当地耀斑的一种先兆。(3)活动区中相反极性磁场的相互挤压、剪切和旋转同时存在,是一个2B/M1.3级等一系列耀斑可能的储能机制。而与当地原有磁场极性相反的磁流环的浮现,是2B/M1.3级耀斑的可能触发因素。     

AR5395活动区中的剪切储能(摘要)

在太阳活动区AR5395中存在不断地旋转运动。产生了一系列大耀斑之后,活动区的磁场位形重新组建。活动区内的磁场被剪切。本文建立了一个剪切的开放的磁拱模型,利用2(1/2)维的理想磁流体动力学方程组,研究了磁拱底部的磁场剪切储存能量。通     

太阳NOAA6891活动区磁中性线的分析

太阳活动高产区NOAA6891是一个岛型δ黑子，它有5条中性线，表现出不同的性质．其中第3条的横场比较弱，但是由于有剪切，所以有耀斑活动．而第2条中性线的横场较大，剪切得非常厉害，所以在这个区域产生了大量的耀斑，包括2个白光耀斑．正因为如此，所以要对磁场作三维分析，其中用磁场拓扑界面来分析是一种好的途径．     

Horizontal flows concurrent with an X2.2 flare in the active region NOAA 11158

Horizontal proper motions were measured with local correlation tracking (LCT) techniques in active region NOAA 11158 on 2011 February 15 at a time when a major (X2.2) solar flare occurred. The measurements are based on continuum images and magnetograms of the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory. The observed shear flows along the polarity inversion line were rather weak (a few 100 m s^–1). The counter‐streaming region shifted toward the north after the flare. A small circular area with flow speeds of up to 1.2 km s^–1 appeared after the flare near a region of rapid penumbral decay. The LCT signal in this region was provided by small‐scale photospheric brigthenings, which were associated with fast traveling moving magnetic features. Umbral strengthening and rapid penumbral decay was observed after the flare. Both phenomena were closely tied to kernels of white‐light flare emission. The white‐light flare only lasted for about 15 min and peaked 4 min earlier than the X‐ray flux. In comparison to other major flares, the X2.2 flare in active region NOAA 11158 only produced diminutive photospheric signatures (© 2011 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

太阳耀斑与三维非线性无力磁场结构

本文在非线性无力磁场的等效边界积分方程的基础上,计算了ＮＯＡＡ８１００ 活动区在１９９７ 年１１ 月４ 日的磁场结构。发现该磁场由一个浮现磁环、一个具有微分剪切的多磁环系统、和大尺度或开放磁力线等三部分组成。２Ｂ／Ｘ２ 耀斑是由于浮现磁环与具有微分剪切的多磁环系统和大尺度或开放磁力线之间的相互作用而触发的,发生在浮现磁通量区域附近,并位于不同走向的多个磁环的公共足点处。Ｈβ双带出现在浮现磁通量区域附近,在浮现磁环的足点处。其中位于开放磁力线附近的亮带暗一些。然而在２Ｂ／Ｘ２ 高能耀斑之后,仍然存在着强剪切状态。表明该活动区松弛到了一个低能态但不是最小能量状态。     

与耀斑双带重合的一对共轭电流带

利用SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)/HMI (Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager)观测到的矢量磁图,研究了与活动区AR12673上爆发的一个X9.3级耀斑(2017年9月6日)的相关电流分布和演化.结果显示,在该活动区的磁中性线两边存在一对方向相反的电流密度约为0.4 A/m~2的长电流带,可称其为一对共轭电流带.这对共轭电流带在耀斑发生之前、期间以及之后一直存在;并且观测到,该耀斑的两个亮带的位置几乎刚好与两个电流带重叠,它们的形状也极其相似. 9月6日电流总强度演化曲线表明,电流强度在X9.3级强耀斑爆发期间出现快速增加的现象,这种现象持续了几个小时.这一研究结果有力支持了磁准分界面(Quasi-Separatrix Layer, QSL) 3维重联模型.     

Evolution of the photospheric magnetic field and coronal null points before solar flares

Based on a topological model for the magnetic field of a solar active region (AR), we suggest a criterion for the existence of magnetic null points on the separators in the corona. With the problem of predicting solar flares in mind, we have revealed a model parameter whose decrease means that the AR evolves toward a major eruptive flare. We analyze the magnetic field evolution for AR 9077 within two days before the Bastille Day flare on July 14, 2000. The coronal conditions are shown to have become more favorable for magnetic reconnection, which led to a 3B/X5.7 eruptive flare.     

On Solar Intermediate Drift Radio Bursts at Decimeter and Meter Wavelength

Fiber – or intermediate drift – bursts are a continuum fine structure in some complex solar radio events. We present the analysis of such bursts in the X17 flare on 28 Oct. 2003. Based on the whistler wave model of fiber bursts we derive the 3D magnetic field structures that carry the radio sources in different stages of the event and obtain insight into the energy release evolution in the main flare phase, the related paths of nonthermal particle propagation in the corona, and the involved magnetic field structures. Additionally, we test the whistler wave model of fiber bursts for the meter and the decimeter wave range. Radio spectral data (Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, Astronomical Observatory Ond?ejov) show a continuum with fibers for ≈?6 min during the main flare phase. Radio imaging data (Nançay Radio Heliograph) yield source centroid positions of the fibers at three frequencies in the spectrometer band. We compare the radio positions with the potential coronal magnetic field extrapolated from SOHO/MDI data. Given the detected source site configuration and evolution, and the change of the fiber burst frequency range with time, we can also extract those coronal flux tubes where the high-frequency fiber bursts are situated even without decimeter imaging data. To this aim we use a kinetic simulation of whistler wave growth in sample flux tubes modeled by selected potential field lines and a barometric density model. The whistler wave model of fiber bursts accurately explains the observations on 28 Oct. 2003. A laterally extended system of low coronal loops is found to guide the whistler waves. It connects several neighboring active regions including the flaring AR 10486. For varying source sites the fiber bursts are emitted at the fundamental mode of the plasma frequency over the whole range (1200?–?300 MHz). The present event can be understood without assuming two different generation mechanisms for meter and decimeter wave fiber bursts. It gives new insight into particle acceleration and propagation in the low flare and post-CME corona.     

Magnetic reconnection,electric field,and particle acceleration in the July 14, 2000 solar flare

A topological model with magnetic reconnection at two separators in the corona is used to account for the recently discovered changes of the photospheric magnetic field in the active region NOAA 9077 during the July 14, 2000 flare. The model self-consistently explains the following observed effects: (1) the magnetic field strength decreases on the periphery of the active region but increases in its inner part near the neutral line of the photospheric magnetic field; (2) the center-of-mass positions of the fields of opposite (northern and southern) polarities converge; and (3) the magnetic flux of the active region decreases after the flare. The topological model gives not only a qualitative interpretation of the flare phenomena (the structure of the interacting magnetic fluxes in the corona, the location of the energy sources, the shape of the flare ribbons and kernels in the chromosphere and photosphere), but also correct quantitative estimates of the large-scale processes that form the basis for solar flares. The electric field emerging in the flare during large-scale reconnection is calculated. The electric field strength correlates with the observed intensity of the hard X-ray bremsstrahlung, suggesting an electron acceleration as a result of reconnection.     

A Pair of Conjugate Current Ribbons Coinciding with the Double-ribbon Flare

Using the vector magnetograms observed by SDO (Solar Dynamics Observatory)/HMI (Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager), the current distribution and evolution associated with an X9.3 flare occurred in the active region AR12673 on Sept. 6, 2017 are studied in detail. The results show that there is a pair of electric current ribbons with opposite directions and the magnitude of 0.4 A/m${}^2$, which can be called a pair of conjugate electric current ribbons. This pair of conjugate electric current ribbons exist before, during, and after the flare; their positions are almost coincident with the two bright ribbons of the flare, and their shapes are also extremely similar with them. The light curve of the total electric current intensity on Sept. 6 shows that the electric current intensity enhanced sharply during the strong X9.3 flare eruption, and this phenomenon persisted for several hours. The results of this study strongly support the model of QSL (Quasi-Separatrix Layer) 3D magnetic reconnection.     

Magnetic field, helicity and the 2000 July 14 flare in solar active region 9077

In this paper we analyse the non-potential magnetic field and the relationship with current (helicity) in the active region NOAA 9077 in 2000 July, using photospheric vector magnetograms obtained at different solar observatories and also coronal extreme-ultraviolet 171-Å images from the TRACE satellite.
We note that the shear and squeeze of magnetic field are two important indices for some flare-producing regions and can be confirmed by a sequence of photospheric vector magnetograms and EUV 171-Å features in the solar active region NOAA 9077. Evidence on the release of magnetic field near the photospheric magnetic neutral line is provided by the change of magnetic shear, electric current and current helicity in the lower solar atmosphere. It is found that the 'Bastille Day' 3B/5.7X flare on 2000 July 14 was triggered by the interaction of the different magnetic loop systems, which is relevant to the ejection of helical magnetic field from the lower solar atmosphere. The eruption of the large-scale coronal magnetic field occurs later than the decay of the highly sheared photospheric magnetic field and also current in the active region.     

The Relationship between Magnetic Gradient and Magnetic Shear in Five Super Active Regions Producing Great Flares

We study the magnetic structure of five well-known active regions that produced great flares (X5 or larger). The six flares under investigation are the X12 flare on 1991 June 9 in AR 6659, the X5.7 flare on 2000 July 14 in AR 9077, the X5.6 flare on 2001 April 6 in AR 9415, the X5.3 flare on 2001 August 25 in AR 9591, the X17 flare on 2003 October 28 and the X10 flare on 2003 October 29, both in AR 10486. The last five events had corresponding LASCO observations and were all associated with Halo CMEs. We analyzed vector magne-tograms from Big Bear Solar Observatory, Huairou Solar Observing Station, Marshall Space Right Center and Mees Solar Observatory. In particular, we studied the magnetic gradient derived from line-of-sight magnetograms and magnetic shear derived from vector magne-tograms, and found an apparent correlation between these two parameters at a level of about 90%. We found that the magnetic gradient could be a better proxy than the shear for predicting where a major flare might occur: all six flares occurred in neutral lines with maximum gradient. The mean gradient of the flaring neutral lines ranges from 0.14 to 0.50 G km-1, 2.3 to 8 times the average value for all the neutral lines in the active regions. If we use magnetic shear as the proxy, the flaring neutral line in at least one, possibly two, of the six events would be mis-identified.     

Flare-induced signals in polarization measurements during the X2.6 flare on 2005 January 15

Flare-induced signals in polarization measurements which were manifested as apparent polarity reversal in magnetograms have been reported since 1981. We are motivated to further quantify the phenomenon by asking two questions: can we distinguish the flare-induced signals from real magnetic changes during flares, and what we can learn about flare energy release from the flare-induced signals? We select the X2.6 flare that occurred on 2005 January 15, for further study. The flare took place in NOAA active re-gion (AR) 10720 at approximately the central meridian, which makes the interpretation of the vector magnetograms less ambiguous. We have identified that flare-induced signals during this flare appeared in six zones. The zones are located within an average distance of 5 Mm from their weight center to the main magnetic neutral line, have an average size of (0.6±0.4)×1017 cm2, duration of 13±4 min, and flux density change of 181±125 G in the area of reversed polarity. The following new facts have been revealed by this study: (1) the flare-induced signal is also seen in the transverse magnetograms but with smaller magnitude, e.g., about 50 G; (2) the flare-induced signal mainly manifests itself as apparent polarity reversal, but the signal starts and ends as a weakening of flux density; (3) The flare-induced signals appear in phase with the peaks of hard X-ray emission as observed by the Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic lmager (RHESSI), and mostly trace the position of RHESSI hard X-ray footpoint sources. (4) in four zones, it takes place cotemporally with real magnetic changes which persist after the flare. Only for the other two zones does the flux density recover to the pre-flare level immediately after the flare.The physical implications of the flare-induced signal are discussed in view of its relevance to the non-thermal electron precipitation and primary energy release in the flare.