High-Resolution Observation and Magnetic Modeling of a Solar Minifilament: the Formation, Eruption and Failing Mechanisms

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Hauptverfasser: Teng, Weilin, Su, Yingna, Liu, Rui, Chen, Jialin, Liu, Yanjie, Dai, Jun, Cao, Wenda, Shen, Jinhua, Ji, Haisheng
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author Teng, Weilin
Su, Yingna
Liu, Rui
Chen, Jialin
Liu, Yanjie
Dai, Jun
Cao, Wenda
Shen, Jinhua
Ji, Haisheng
author_facet Teng, Weilin
Su, Yingna
Liu, Rui
Chen, Jialin
Liu, Yanjie
Dai, Jun
Cao, Wenda
Shen, Jinhua
Ji, Haisheng
contents Minifilaments are widespread small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere. To better understand their formation and eruption mechanisms, we investigate the entire life of a sigmoidal minifilament located below a large quiescent filament observed by BBSO/GST on 2015 August 3. The Hα structure initially appears as a group of arched threads, then transforms into two J-shaped arcades, and finally forms a sigmoidal shape. SDO/AIA observations in 171Å show that two coronal jets occur around the southern footpoint of the minifilament before the minifilament eruption. The minifilament eruption starts from the southern footpoint, then interacts with the overlying filament and fails. The aforementioned observational changes correspond to three episodes of flux cancellations observed by SDO/HMI. Unlike previous studies, the flux cancellation occurs between the polarity where southern footpoint of the minifilament is rooted in and an external polarity. We construct two magnetic field models before the eruption using the flux rope insertion method, and find an hyperbolic flux tube (HFT) above the flux cancellation site. The observation and modeling results suggest that the eruption is triggered by the external magnetic reconnection between the core field of the minifilament and the external fields due to flux cancellations. This study reveals a new triggering mechanism for minifilament eruptions and a new relationship between minifilament eruptions and coronal jets.
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spellingShingle High-Resolution Observation and Magnetic Modeling of a Solar Minifilament: the Formation, Eruption and Failing Mechanisms
Teng, Weilin
Su, Yingna
Liu, Rui
Chen, Jialin
Liu, Yanjie
Dai, Jun
Cao, Wenda
Shen, Jinhua
Ji, Haisheng
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Minifilaments are widespread small-scale structures in the solar atmosphere. To better understand their formation and eruption mechanisms, we investigate the entire life of a sigmoidal minifilament located below a large quiescent filament observed by BBSO/GST on 2015 August 3. The Hα structure initially appears as a group of arched threads, then transforms into two J-shaped arcades, and finally forms a sigmoidal shape. SDO/AIA observations in 171Å show that two coronal jets occur around the southern footpoint of the minifilament before the minifilament eruption. The minifilament eruption starts from the southern footpoint, then interacts with the overlying filament and fails. The aforementioned observational changes correspond to three episodes of flux cancellations observed by SDO/HMI. Unlike previous studies, the flux cancellation occurs between the polarity where southern footpoint of the minifilament is rooted in and an external polarity. We construct two magnetic field models before the eruption using the flux rope insertion method, and find an hyperbolic flux tube (HFT) above the flux cancellation site. The observation and modeling results suggest that the eruption is triggered by the external magnetic reconnection between the core field of the minifilament and the external fields due to flux cancellations. This study reveals a new triggering mechanism for minifilament eruptions and a new relationship between minifilament eruptions and coronal jets.
title High-Resolution Observation and Magnetic Modeling of a Solar Minifilament: the Formation, Eruption and Failing Mechanisms
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.17303