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R. Chandra B. Schmieder C. H. Mandrini P. Démoulin E. Pariat T. Török W. Uddin 《Solar physics》2011,269(1):83-104
We present and interpret observations of two morphologically homologous flares that occurred in active region (AR) NOAA 10501
on 20 November 2003. Both flares displayed four homologous Hα ribbons and were both accompanied by coronal mass ejections
(CMEs). The central flare ribbons were located at the site of an emerging bipole in the centre of the active region. The negative
polarity of this bipole fragmented in two main pieces, one rotating around the positive polarity by ≈ 110° within 32 hours.
We model the coronal magnetic field and compute its topology, using as boundary condition the magnetogram closest in time
to each flare. In particular, we calculate the location of quasi-separatrix layers (QSLs) in order to understand the connectivity between the flare ribbons. Though several polarities were present in AR 10501,
the global magnetic field topology corresponds to a quadrupolar magnetic field distribution without magnetic null points.
For both flares, the photospheric traces of QSLs are similar and match well the locations of the four Hα ribbons. This globally
unchanged topology and the continuous shearing by the rotating bipole are two key factors responsible for the flare homology.
However, our analyses also indicate that different magnetic connectivity domains of the quadrupolar configuration become unstable
during each flare, so that magnetic reconnection proceeds differently in both events. 相似文献
2.
In an effort to examine the relationship between flare flux and corresponding CME mass, we temporally and spatially correlate
all X-ray flares and CMEs in the LASCO and GOES archives from 1996 to 2006. We cross-reference 6733 CMEs having well-measured
masses against 12 050 X-ray flares having position information as determined from their optical counterparts. For a given
flare, we search in time for CMEs which occur 10 – 80 minutes afterward, and we further require the flare and CME to occur
within ± 45° in position angle on the solar disk. There are 826 CME/flare pairs which fit these criteria. Comparing the flare
fluxes with CME masses of these paired events, we find CME mass increases with flare flux, following an approximately log-linear,
broken relationship: in the limit of lower flare fluxes, log (CME mass)∝0.68×log (flare flux), and in the limit of higher
flare fluxes, log (CME mass)∝0.33×log (flare flux). We show that this broken power-law, and in particular the flatter slope
at higher flare fluxes, may be due to an observational bias against CMEs associated with the most energetic flares: halo CMEs.
Correcting for this bias yields a single power-law relationship of the form log (CME mass)∝0.70×log (flare flux). This function
describes the relationship between CME mass and flare flux over at least 3 dex in flare flux, from ≈ 10−7 – 10−4 W m−2. 相似文献
3.
NOAA active region 6659, during its June 1991 transit across the solar disk, showed highly sheared vector magnetic field structures
and produced numerous powerful flares, including five white-light flares. Photospheric vector magnetograms of this active
region were obtained at the Huairou Solar Observing Station of the Beijing Astronomical Observatory. After the resolution
of the 180° ambiguity of the transverse magnetic field and transformation of off-center vector magnetograms to the heliographic
plane, we have determined the photospheric vertical current density and discussed the relationship with powerful flares. The
following results were obtained: (a) The powerful 3B/X12 flare on June 9, 1991 was triggered by the interaction between the
large-scale electric current system and magnetic flux of opposite polarity. (b) The kernels of the powerful Hβ flare (sites of the white-light flare) were close to the peaks of the vertical electric current density. (c) Some small-scale
structures of the vertical current relative to the magnetic islands of opposite polarity have not been found. This probably
implies that the electric current is not always parallel to the magnetic field in solar active regions. 相似文献
4.
Pankaj Kumar Ablishek K. Srivastava B. Filippov R. Erdélyi Wahab Uddin 《Solar physics》2011,272(2):301-317
We present the multiwavelength observations of a flux rope that was trying to erupt from NOAA AR 11045 and the associated
M-class solar flare on 12 February 2010 using space-based and ground-based observations from TRACE, STEREO, SOHO/MDI, Hinode/XRT, and BBSO. While the flux rope was rising from the active region, an M1.1/2F class flare was triggered near one of its
footpoints. We suggest that the flare triggering was due to the reconnection of a rising flux rope with the surrounding low-lying
magnetic loops. The flux rope reached a projected height of ≈0.15R
⊙ with a speed of ≈90 km s−1 while the soft X-ray flux enhanced gradually during its rise. The flux rope was suppressed by an overlying field, and the
filled plasma moved towards the negative polarity field to the west of its activation site. We found the first observational
evidence of the initial suppression of a flux rope due to a remnant filament visible both at chromospheric and coronal temperatures
that evolved a couple of days earlier at the same location in the active region. SOHO/MDI magnetograms show the emergence
of a bipole ≈12 h prior to the flare initiation. The emerged negative polarity moved towards the flux rope activation site,
and flare triggering near the photospheric polarity inversion line (PIL) took place. The motion of the negative polarity region
towards the PIL helped in the build-up of magnetic energy at the flare and flux rope activation site. This study provides
unique observational evidence of a rising flux rope that failed to erupt due to a remnant filament and overlying magnetic
field, as well as associated triggering of an M-class flare. 相似文献
5.
We study the relationship between full-disk solar radiative flux at different wavelengths and average solar photospheric magnetic-flux
density, using daily measurements from the Kitt Peak magnetograph and other instruments extending over one or more solar cycles.
We use two different statistical methods to determine the underlying nature of these flux – flux relationships. First, we
use statistical correlation and regression analysis and show that the relationships are not monotonic for total solar irradiance
and for continuum radiation from the photosphere, but are approximately linear for chromospheric and coronal radiation. Second,
we use signal theory to examine the flux – flux relationships for a temporal component. We find that a well-defined temporal
component exists and accounts for some of the variance in the data. This temporal component arises because active regions
with high magnetic-field strength evolve, breaking up into small-scale magnetic elements with low field strength, and radiative
and magnetic fluxes are sensitive to different active-region components. We generate empirical models that relate radiative
flux to magnetic flux, allowing us to predict spectral-irradiance variations from observations of disk-averaged magnetic-flux
density. In most cases, the model reconstructions can account for 85 – 90% of the variability of the radiative flux from the
chromosphere and corona. Our results are important for understanding the relationship between magnetic and radiative measures
of solar and stellar variability. 相似文献
6.
A model for the high-frequency (20–2400 Hz) quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) of magnetars based on the representation of
coronal magnetic loops as equivalent electric RLC circuits is proposed. The observed periods of the QPOs and their high Q-factor (Q ≈ 104–105) are explained. It follows from the model that the QPOs can be excited not only in the tail of a flare but also before the
main pulse. The parameters of the QPO source at the “ringing tail” stage of the flare from SGR 1806–20 on December 27, 2004,
have been estimated: electric current I ≈ 3 × 1019 A, minimum magnetic field strength B
min ≈ 1013 G, and electron density n ≈ 2 × 1016 cm−3. 相似文献
7.
We studied the kinematic evolution of the 8 October 2007 CME in the corona based on observations from Sun – Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) onboard satellite B of Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO). The observational results show that this CME obviously deflected to a lower latitude region of about 30° at the
beginning. After this, the CME propagated radially. We also analyze the influence of the background magnetic field on the
deflection of this CME. We find that the deflection of this CME at an early stage may be caused by a nonuniform distribution
of the background magnetic-field energy density and that the CME tended to propagate to the region with lower magnetic-energy
density. In addition, we found that the velocity profile of this gradual CME shows multiphased evolution during its propagation
in the COR1-B FOV. The CME velocity first remained constant: 23.1 km s−1. Then it accelerated continuously with a positive acceleration of ≈7.6 m s−2. 相似文献
8.
Based on the methods of coronal seismology, we have investigated the ten-second quasi-periodic pulsations of the optical flare
emission from the active red dwarf EQ Peg B detected with the William Herschel Telescope on La Palma. We propose and analyze
a model in which they could be produced by sausage oscillations of a coronal flare loop. The amplitude and phase relations
between the displacement components of the radial oscillations and the conditions for their excitation in loops with footpoints
frozen into the photosphere are considered. The temperature (≈6 × 107 K), plasma density (≈2.7 × 1011 cm−3), and magnetic field strength (≈540 G) in the region of energy release have been determined. Our estimate of the flare loop
length (≈0.4R
⋆) provides evidence for the existence of extended coronae on red dwarf stars. 相似文献
9.
A number of independent arguments indicate that the toroidal flux system responsible for the sunspot cycle is stored at the
base of the convection zone in the form of flux tubes with field strength close to 105 G. Although the evidence for such strong fields is quite compelling, how such field strength can be reached is still a topic
of debate. Flux expulsion by convection should lead to about the equipartition field strength, but the magnetic energy density
of a 105-G field is two orders of magnitude larger than the mean kinetic energy density of convective motions. Line stretching by
differential rotation (i.e., the “Ω effect” in the classical mean-field dynamo approach) probably plays an important role, but arguments based on energy considerations show that it does not seem feasible
that a 105-G field can be produced in this way. An alternative scenario for the intensification of the toroidal flux system in the overshoot
layer is related to the explosion of rising, buoyantly unstable magnetic flux tubes, which opens a complementary mechanism for magnetic-field intensification.
A parallelism is pointed out with the mechanism of “convective collapse” for the intensification of photospheric magnetic
flux tubes up to field strengths well above equipartition; both mechanisms, which are fundamentally thermal processes, are
reviewed. 相似文献
10.
Comparisons of solar magnetic-field measurements made in different spectral lines are very important, especially in those
lines in which observations have a long history or (and) specific diagnostic significance. The spectral lines Fe i 523.3 nm and Fe i 525.0 nm belong to this class. Therefore, this study is devoted to a comprehensive analysis using new high-precision Stokes-meter
full-disk observations. The disk-averaged magnetic-field strength ratio R=B(523.3)/B(525.0) equals 1.97±0.02. The center-to-limb variation (CLV) is R=1.74−2.43μ+3.43μ
2, where μ is the cosine of the center-to-limb angle. For the disk center, we find R=2.74, and for near-limb areas with μ=0.3, R equals 1.32. There is only a small dependence of R on the spatial resolution. Our results are rather close to those published three decades ago, but differ significantly from
recent magnetographic observations. An application of our results to the important SOHO/MDI magnetic data calibration issue
is discussed. We conclude that the revision of the SOHO/MDI data, based only on the comparison of magnetic-field measurements
in the line pair Fe i 523.3 nm and Fe i 525.0 nm (increasing by a factor of 1.7 or 1.6 on average according to recent publications) is not obvious and new investigations
are urgently needed. 相似文献
11.
We studied the evolution of a small eruptive flare (GOES class C1) from its onset phase using multi-wavelength observations
that sample the flare atmosphere from the chromosphere to the corona. The main instruments involved were the Coronal Diagnostic
Spectrometer (CDS) aboard SOHO and facilities at the Dunn Solar Tower of the National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak. Transition
Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) together with Ramaty High-Energy Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) also provided images and
spectra for this flare. Hα and TRACE images display two loop systems that outline the pre-reconnection and post-reconnection magnetic field lines and
their topological changes revealing that we are dealing with an eruptive confined flare. RHESSI data do not record any detectable
emission at energies ≥25 keV, and the observed count spectrum can be well fitted with a thermal plus a non-thermal model of
the photon spectrum. A non-thermal electron flux F ≈ 5 × 1010 erg cm−2 s−1 is determined. The reconstructed images show a very compact source whose peak emission moves along the photospheric magnetic
inversion line during the flare. This is probably related to the motion of the reconnection site, hinting at an arcade of
small loops that brightens successively. The analysis of the chromospheric spectra (Ca II K, He I D3 and Hγ, acquired with a four-second temporal cadence) shows the presence of a downward velocity (between 10 and 20 km s−1) in a small region intersected by the spectrograph slit. The region is included in an area that, at the time of the maximum
X-ray emission, shows upward motions at transition region (TR) and coronal levels. For the He I 58.4 and O v 62.97 lines, we determine a velocity of ≈−40 km s−1 while for the Fe XIX 59.22 line a velocity of ≈−80 km s−1 is determined with a two-component fitting. The observations are discussed in the framework of available hydrodynamic simulations
and they are consistent with the scenario outlined by Fisher (1989). No explosive evaporation is expected for a non-thermal
electron beam of the observed characteristics, and no gentle evaporation is allowed without upward chromospheric motion. It
is suggested that the energy of non-thermal electrons can be dissipated to heat the high-density plasma, where possibly the
reconnection occurs. The consequent conductive flux drives the evaporation process in a regime that we can call sub-explosive. 相似文献
12.
V. M. Grigorjev 《Solar physics》1969,6(1):67-71
Observations of longitudinal and transversal fields and of radial velocities in the magnetic ‘knots’ close to a sunspot were made with the help of Sayan Observatory magnetograph with spatial resolution 1″.2 x 1″.8. The analysis led to following conclusions:
- The magnetic field in the knots is mainly vertical. The mean inclination of the magnetic-field vector to the vertical direction is equal to 26°.
- The phenomenon of darkening is connected with essentially vertical fields and brightening in the faculae with the horizontal fields on the sun.
- An inverse relation between the value of darkening and the inclination of the field vector to the vertical direction and a direct relation on the longitudinal magnetic-field strength exist for the magnetic knots.
- The magnetic knots in the active region are located in the Hα flocculi near the line where the radial velocity is changing sign in the photosphere.
13.
We analyse data from Hinode spacecraft taken over two 54-minute periods during the emergence of AR 11024. We focus on small-scale portions within the
observed solar active region and discover the appearance of very distinctive small-scale and short-lived dark features in
Ca ii H chromospheric filtergrams and Stokes I images. The features appear in regions with close-to-zero longitudinal magnetic field, and are observed to increase in length
before they eventually disappear. Energy release in the low chromospheric line is detected while the dark features are fading.
Three complete series of these events are detected with remarkably similar properties, i.e. lifetime of ≈ 12 min, maximum length and area of 2 – 4 Mm and 1.6 – 4 Mm2, respectively, and all with associated brightenings. In time series of magnetograms a diverging bipolar configuration is
observed accompanying the appearance of the dark features and the brightenings. The observed phenomena are explained as evidencing
elementary flux emergence in the solar atmosphere, i.e. small-scale arch filament systems rising up from the photosphere to the lower chromosphere with a length scale of a few solar
granules. Brightenings are explained as being the signatures of chromospheric heating triggered by reconnection of the rising
loops (once they have reached chromospheric heights) with pre-existing magnetic fields, as well as being due to reconnection/cancellation
events in U-loop segments of emerging serpentine fields. The characteristic length scale, area and lifetime of these elementary
flux emergence events agree well with those of the serpentine field observed in emerging active regions. We study the temporal
evolution and dynamics of the events and compare them with the emergence of magnetic loops detected in quiet Sun regions and
serpentine flux emergence signatures in active regions. The physical processes of the emergence of granular-scale magnetic
loops seem to be the same in the quiet Sun and active regions. The difference is the reduced chromospheric emission in the
quiet Sun attributed to the fact that loops are emerging in a region of lower ambient magnetic field density, making interactions
and reconnection less likely to occur. Incorporating the novel features of granular-scale flux emergence presented in this
study, we advance the scenario for serpentine flux emergence. 相似文献
14.
The global distribution of solar surface activity (active regions) is apparently connected with processes in the convection
zone. The large-scale magnetic structures above the tachocline could in a pronounced way be observable in the surface magnetic
field. To get the information regarding large-scale magnetic formations in the convection zone, a set of solar synoptic charts
(Mount Wilson 1998 – 2004, Fe i, 525.02 nm) have been analyzed. It is shown that the longitudinal dimensions and dynamics of supergiant complexes of solar
surface activity carry valuable information about the processes in the convection zone of the Sun. A clear effect of large-scale
(global) turbulence is found. This is a ‘fingerprint’ of deep convection, because there are no such large-scale turbulent
eddies in the solar photosphere. The preferred scales of longitudinal variations in surface solar activity are revealed. These
are: ∼ 24° (gigantic convection cells), 90°, 180° and 360°. 相似文献
15.
One goal of helioseismology is to determine the subsurface structure of sunspots. In order to do so, it is important to understand
first the near-surface effects of sunspots on solar waves, which are dominant. Here we construct simplified, cylindrically-symmetric
sunspot models that are designed to capture the magnetic and thermodynamics effects coming from about 500 km below the quiet-Sun
τ
5000=1 level to the lower chromosphere. We use a combination of existing semi-empirical models of sunspot thermodynamic structure
(density, temperature, pressure): the umbral model of Maltby et al. (1986, Astrophys. J. 306, 284) and the penumbral model of Ding and Fang (1989, Astron. Astrophys. 225, 204). The OPAL equation-of-state tables are used to derive the sound-speed profile. We smoothly merge the near-surface properties
to the quiet-Sun values about 1 Mm below the surface. The umbral and penumbral radii are free parameters. The magnetic field
is added to the thermodynamic structure, without requiring magnetostatic equilibrium. The vertical component of the magnetic
field is assumed to have a Gaussian horizontal profile, with a maximum surface field strength fixed by surface observations.
The full magnetic-field vector is solenoidal and determined by the on-axis vertical field, which, at the surface, is chosen
such that the field inclination is 45° at the umbral – penumbral boundary. We construct a particular sunspot model based on
SOHO/MDI observations of the sunspot in active region NOAA 9787. The helioseismic signature of the model sunspot is studied
using numerical simulations of the propagation of f, p
1, and p
2 wave packets. These simulations are compared against cross-covariances of the observed wave field. We find that the sunspot
model gives a helioseismic signature that is similar to the observations. 相似文献
16.
The structure of the photospheric magnetic field during solar flares is examined using echelle spectropolarimetric observations. The study is based on several Fe i and Cr i lines observed at locations corresponding to brightest Hα emission during thermal phase of flares. The analysis is performed by comparing magnetic-field values deduced from lines with different magnetic sensitivities, as well as by examining the fine structure of I±V Stokes-profiles’ splitting. It is shown that the field has at least two components, with stronger unresolved flux tubes embedded in weaker ambient field. Based on a two-component magnetic-field model, we compare observed and synthetic line profiles and show that the field strength in small-scale flux tubes is about 2?–?3 kG. Furthermore, we find that the small-scale flux tubes are associated with flare emission, which may have implications for flare phenomenology. 相似文献
17.
We analyze multiple-wavelength observations of a two-ribbon flare exhibiting apparent expansion motion of the flare ribbons
in the lower atmosphere and rising motion of X-ray emission at the top of newly-formed flare loops. We evaluate magnetic reconnection
rate in terms of V
r
B
r by measuring the ribbon-expansion velocity (V
r) and the chromospheric magnetic field (B
r) swept by the ribbons. We also measure the velocity (V
t) of the apparent rising motion of the loop-top X-ray source, and estimate the mean magnetic field (B
t) at the top of newly-formed flare loops using the relation 〈V
t
B
t〉≈〈V
r
B
r〉, namely, conservation of reconnection flux along flare loops. For this flare, B
t is found to be 120 and 60 G, respectively, during two emission peaks five minutes apart in the impulsive phase. An estimate
of the magnetic field in flare loops is also achieved by analyzing the microwave and hard X-ray spectral observations, yielding
B=250 and 120 G at the two emission peaks, respectively. The measured B from the microwave spectrum is an appropriately-weighted value of magnetic field from the loop top to the loop leg. Therefore,
the two methods to evaluate coronal magnetic field in flaring loops produce fully-consistent results in this event. 相似文献
18.
Mutual quasi-periodicities near the solar-rotation period appear in time series based on the Earth’s magnetic field, the interplanetary
magnetic field, and signed solar-magnetic fields. Dominant among these is one at 27.03±0.02 days that has been highlighted
by Neugebauer et al. (J. Geophys. Res.
105, 2315, 2000). Extension of their study in time and to different data reveals decadal epochs during which the ≈ 27.0 days, or a ≈ 28.3 days,
or other quasi-periods dominate the signal. Space-time eigenvalue analyses of time series in 30 solar latitude bands, based
on synoptic maps of unsigned photospheric fields, lead to two maximally independent modes that account for almost 30% of the
data variance. One mode spans 45° of latitude in the northern hemisphere and the other one in the southern. The modes rotate
around the Sun rigidly, not differentially, suggesting connection with the subsurface dynamo. Spectral analyses yield familiar
dominant quasi-periods 27.04±0.03 days in the North and at 28.24±0.03 days in the South. These are replaced during cycle 23
by one at 26.45±0.03 days in the North. The modes show no tendency for preferred longitudes separated by ≈ 180°. 相似文献
19.
Yu Liu Hiroki Kurokawa Chang Liu David H. Brooks Jingping Dun Takako T. Ishii Hongqi Zhang 《Solar physics》2007,240(2):253-262
Vector magnetograms taken at Huairou Solar Observing Station (HSOS) and Mees Solar Observatory (MSO) reveal that the super
active region (AR) NOAA 10486 was a complex region containing current helicity flux of opposite signs. The main positive sunspots
were dominated by negative helicity fields, while positive helicity patches persisted both inside and around the main positive
sunspots. Based on a comparison of two days of deduced current helicity density, pronounced changes associated with the occurrence
of an X10 flare that peaked at 20:49 UT on 29 October 2003 were noticed. The average current helicity density (negative) of
the main sunspots decreased significantly by about 50%. Accordingly, the helicity densities of counter-helical patches (positive)
were also found to decay by the same proportion or more. In addition, two hard X-ray (HXR) “footpoints” were observed by the
Reuven Ramaty High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager (RHESSI) during the flare in the 50 – 100 keV energy range. The cores
of these two HXR footpoints were adjacent to the positions of two patches with positive current helicity that disappeared
after the flare. This strongly suggested that the X10 flare on 29 October 2003 resulted from reconnection between magnetic
flux tubes having opposite current helicity. Finally, the global decrease of current helicity in AR 10486 by ∼50% can be understood
as the helicity launched away by the halo coronal mass ejection (CME) associated with the X10 flare.
Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
20.
The finite energy force-free magnetic fields of the active region NOAA 9077 on 14 July 2000 above the photosphere were reconstructed. We study the evolution of the 3D magnetic field structures in AR 9077 and compare the reconstructed field lines with TRACE EUV 171 Å flare loops during the flare maximum, which confirms the process that flaring loops extended from lower sheared level to higher arcades. We also demonstrate the 3D magnetic field evolution before the 3B/X5.7 flare on 14 July and the magnetic structure after the flare on 15 July. This shows that the helical magnetic structures were significantly changed, suggesting that the flux rope was indeed erupted during the energetic flare at 10:24 UT on 14 July. 相似文献