Solar coronal mass ejections and flares

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Jul 1986

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 162, no. 1-2, July 1986, p. 283-291.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Solar Corona, Solar Flares, Stellar Mass Ejection, X Ray Astronomy, Asymmetry, Coronagraphs, Solar Maximum Mission, Solar X-Rays

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Recent work has indicated that a solar coronal mass ejection begins to rise during a weak, soft X-ray burst which often precedes a flare by several tens of minutes. Using data from the Coronagraph/Polarimeter and the Hard X-ray Imaging Spectrometer, both on board the Solar Maximum Mission, it is shown that the burst originates from a coronal arch which has a very close spatial relationship to the loop-like features of the coronal mass ejection. The data suggest, in fact, that the ejection arises directly from a destabilization or lack of equilibrium reached by the arch. For the three examples discussed, with both X-ray and coronagraph observations, a subsequent flare occurs in one foot of the arch indicating a flare-ejection asymmetry. This asymmetry is common in examples of flare associated coronal mass ejections that can be found in the literature. The data suggest a picture which is inconsistent with most models of the mass ejection phenomenon.

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