Formation of neutral current sheet and loop coronal transients

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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An eruption of opposite magnetic flux into a bipolar background field is likely to lead to the formation of a natural current sheet between the new emerging field and the background. A numerical study is made on this process, based on the ideal MMD equations, taking into account the interaction between the magnetic field and the coronal plasma. The result shows that a subsonic eruption will give rise to a four region structure; 1) a cool and dense prominence made of the erupting material in the innermost region; 2) a cool and tenuous region further out; 3) a hot and dense loop formed by the concentration of both the erupting material and the coronal material in the neutral current sheet; and 4) a forerunner region outside the loop with density slightly above the background, due to fast magneto-acoustic waves. This structure agrees with the observed features of typical loop coronal transients. Therefore the eruption of opposite magnetic flux into a bipolar background is probably an important mechanism for triggering off such transients.

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