Geomagnetic disturbances associated with disappearing solar filaments |
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Authors: | J Hanumath Sastri K B Ramesh J V S V Rao |
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Institution: | (1) Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 560 034 Bangalore, India |
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Abstract: | To gain an insight into the origin of enhanced geomagnetic activity that is recently reported to follow the disparition brusque (DB) of quiescent solar filaments, a study is made of the interplanetary plasma and magnetic field data at 1 AU, in relation to DBs over the period January 1967 through March 1978. The investigation revealed that the minor (Ap 30) and major (Ap 50) geomagnetic disturbances that manifested within 8 days of DBs, almost invariably occurred (in 28 out of the 30 events studied) in association with the passage at Earth of high-speed streams in the solar wind. A majority of the streams (19 out of the 28 streams) exhibited a 27-day recurrence pattern and, thus, the associated enhancement in geomagnetic activity (and apparently followed DBs). The date of transit of the high-speed stream at Earth seems to control the delay time of the geomagnetic disturbance, rather than the size of the filament. A systematic spatial relationship between DB's and the potential solar sources of the high-speed streams (coronal holes and flares) does not appear to be present. The results point out the relevance and a prominent role of recurrent and transient high-speed structures in the solar wind in the enhancement of geomagnetic activity that accompagnies DBs. |
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