Evidence for Tether-Cutting Reconnection in a Quadrupole Magnetic Configuration in the April 9, 2001, M7.9 Flare |
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Authors: | V Yurchyshyn M Karlický Q Hu H Wang |
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Institution: | (1) Big Bear Solar Observatory, Big Bear City, CA, 92314, U.S.A.;(2) Astronomical Institute of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, 25165 Ondřejov, Czech Republic;(3) IGPP, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521, U.S.A.;(4) Center for Solar Research of New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ, 07102, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | We studied the M7.9 flare on April 9, 2001 that occurred within a δ-sunspot of active region NOAA 9415. We used a multi-wavelength
data set, which includes Yohkoh, TRACE, SOHO, and ACE spacecraft observations, Potsdam and Ondřejov radio data and Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) images
in order to study the large-scale structure of this two-ribbon flare that was accompanied by a very fast coronal mass ejection
(CME). We analyzed light curves of the flare emission as well as the structure of the radio emission and report the following:
the timing of the event, i.e., the fact that the initial brightenings, associated with the core magnetic field, occurred earlier than the remote brightening
(RB), argue against the break-out model in the early phase of this event. We thus conclude that the M7.9 flare and the CME
were triggered by a tether-cutting reconnection deep in the core field connecting the δ-spot and this reconnection formed
an unstable flux rope. Further evolution of the erupted flux rope could be described either by the “standard“ flare model
or a break-out type of the reconnection. The complex structure of flare emission in visible, X-ray, and radio spectral ranges
point toward a scenario which involves multiple reconnection processes between extended closed magnetic structures. |
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