Persistent Upflows and Downflows at Active Region boundaries Observed by SUTRI and AIA

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Autori principali: Wu, Yuchuan, Hou, Zhenyong, Li, Wenxian, Bai, Xianyong, Song, Yongliang, Yang, Xiao, Hu, Ziyao, Deng, Yuanyong, Ji, Kaifan
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author Wu, Yuchuan
Hou, Zhenyong
Li, Wenxian
Bai, Xianyong
Song, Yongliang
Yang, Xiao
Hu, Ziyao
Deng, Yuanyong
Ji, Kaifan
author_facet Wu, Yuchuan
Hou, Zhenyong
Li, Wenxian
Bai, Xianyong
Song, Yongliang
Yang, Xiao
Hu, Ziyao
Deng, Yuanyong
Ji, Kaifan
contents Upflows and downflows at active region (AR) boundaries have been frequently observed with spectroscopic observations at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) passbands. In this paper, we report the coexistence of upflows and downflows at the AR boundaries with imaging observations from the Solar Upper Transition Region Imager (SUTRI) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). With their observations from 2022 September 21 to 2022 September 30, we find 17 persistent opposite flows occurring along the AR coronal loops. The upflows are prominent in the AIA 193 Åimages with a velocity of 50-200 km/s, while the downflows are best seen in the SUTRI 465 Åand AIA 131 Åimages with a slower velocity of tens of kilometers per second (characteristic temperatures (log T(K)) for 193 Å, 465 Åand 131 Åare 6.2, 5.7, 5.6, respectively). We also analyze the center-to-limb variation of the velocities for both upflows and downflows. The simultaneous observations of downflows and upflows can be explained by the chromosphere-corona mass-cycling process, in which the localized chromospheric plasma is impulsively heated to coronal temperature forming a upflow and then these upflows experience radiative cooling producing a downflow with the previously heated plasma returning to the lower atmosphere. In particular, the persistent downflows seen by SUTRI provide strong evidence of the cooling process in the mass cycle. For upflows associated with open loops, part of the plasma is able to escape outward and into the heliosphere as solar wind.
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spellingShingle Persistent Upflows and Downflows at Active Region boundaries Observed by SUTRI and AIA
Wu, Yuchuan
Hou, Zhenyong
Li, Wenxian
Bai, Xianyong
Song, Yongliang
Yang, Xiao
Hu, Ziyao
Deng, Yuanyong
Ji, Kaifan
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Upflows and downflows at active region (AR) boundaries have been frequently observed with spectroscopic observations at extreme ultraviolet (EUV) passbands. In this paper, we report the coexistence of upflows and downflows at the AR boundaries with imaging observations from the Solar Upper Transition Region Imager (SUTRI) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). With their observations from 2022 September 21 to 2022 September 30, we find 17 persistent opposite flows occurring along the AR coronal loops. The upflows are prominent in the AIA 193 Åimages with a velocity of 50-200 km/s, while the downflows are best seen in the SUTRI 465 Åand AIA 131 Åimages with a slower velocity of tens of kilometers per second (characteristic temperatures (log T(K)) for 193 Å, 465 Åand 131 Åare 6.2, 5.7, 5.6, respectively). We also analyze the center-to-limb variation of the velocities for both upflows and downflows. The simultaneous observations of downflows and upflows can be explained by the chromosphere-corona mass-cycling process, in which the localized chromospheric plasma is impulsively heated to coronal temperature forming a upflow and then these upflows experience radiative cooling producing a downflow with the previously heated plasma returning to the lower atmosphere. In particular, the persistent downflows seen by SUTRI provide strong evidence of the cooling process in the mass cycle. For upflows associated with open loops, part of the plasma is able to escape outward and into the heliosphere as solar wind.
title Persistent Upflows and Downflows at Active Region boundaries Observed by SUTRI and AIA
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.07422