Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2001
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001apj...561l.219s&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 561, Issue 2, pp. L219-L222.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Chromosphere, Sun: Corona, Sun: Flares, Sun: Uv Radiation
Scientific paper
We observe a slow-onset quiet-region filament eruption with the EUV Imaging Telescope (EIT) on the Solar Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) and the soft X-ray telescope (SXT) on Yohkoh. This event occurred on 1999 April 18 and was likely the origin of a coronal mass ejection detected by SOHO at 08:30 UT on that day. In the EIT observation, one-half of the filament shows two stages of evolution: stage 1 is a slow, roughly constant upward movement at ~1 km s-1 lasting ~6.5 hr, and stage 2 is a rapid upward eruption at ~16 km s-1 occurring just before the filament disappears into interplanetary space. The other half of the filament shows little motion along the line of sight during the time of stage 1 but erupts along with the rest of the filament during stage 2. There is no obvious emission from the filament in the SXT observation until stage 2; at that time, an arcade of EUV and soft X-ray loops forms first at the central location of the filament and then expands outward along the length of the filament channel. A plot of EUV intensity versus time of the central portion of the filament (where the postflare loops initially form) shows a flat profile during stage 1 and a rapid upturn after the start of stage 2. This light curve is delayed from what would be expected if ``tether-cutting'' reconnection in the core of the erupting region were responsible for the initiation of the eruption. Rather, these observations suggest that a loss of stability of the magnetic field holding the filament initiates the eruption, with reconnection in the core region occurring only as a by-product.
Moore Ronald L.
Sterling Alphonse C.
Thompson Barbara J.
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