STEREO quadrature observations of the 3D structure and driver of a global coronal wave

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2009-08-25

arxiv.org/abs/0908.3571v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

ApJ Letters (accepted)

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We present the first observations of a global coronal wave ("EIT wave") from the two Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) satellites in quadra- ture. The wave's initiation site was at the disk center in STEREO-B and precisely on the limb in STEREO-A. These unprecedented observations from the STEREO Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging (EUVI) instruments enable us to gain insight into the wave's kinematics, initiation and 3D structure. The wave propagates globally over the whole solar hemisphere visible to STEREO-B with a constant velocity of 263+/-16 km/s. From the two STEREO observations we derive a height of the wave in the range of 80-100 Mm. Comparison of the wave kinematics with the early phase of the erupting CME structure indicates that the wave is initiated by the CME lateral expansion, and then propagates freely with a velocity close to the fast magnetosonic speed in the quiet solar corona.

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