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一次大太阳耀斑的三维磁拓扑解析

Decipher the Three-Dimensional Magnetic Topology of a Great Solar Flare

Chaowei Jiang, Peng Zou, Xueshang Feng, Qiang Hu, Aiying Duan, Pingbing Zuo, Yi Wang, Fengsi Wei

摘要:

太阳耀斑的三维磁拓扑结构对于理解其在日冕中爆发性释放磁能起着至关重要的作用。然而,这种三维日冕磁场在直接观测中仍然是难以捉摸的。本文利用磁流体动力学数值模型,结合观测到的太阳矢量磁图,模拟了大耀斑爆发过程中的磁场演化。数值计算结果表明,耀斑爆发前日冕中存在多组扭曲的磁通量,在爆发过程中形成一条相干磁绳。上升的磁绳被一个准分界线层包裹,该分界线层在磁绳下方相交,形成一个双曲线磁管,并在那里触发磁重联。通过追踪新重新连接的磁力线的足迹,我们再现了耀斑带的空间位置和时间演化,与观测图像的比较具有预期的精度。这一情景有力地证实了标准耀斑模型的三维版本。

英文摘要:

Three-dimensional magnetic topology of solar flare plays a crucial role in understanding its explosive release of magnetic energy in the corona. However, such three-dimensional coronal magnetic field is still elusive in direct observation. Here we realistically simulate the magnetic evolution during the eruptive process of a great flare, using a numerical magnetohydrodynamic model constrained by observed solar vector magnetogram. The numerical results reveal that the pre-flare corona contains multi-set twisted magnetic flux, which forms a coherent rope during the eruption. The rising flux rope is wrapped by a quasi-separatrix layer, which intersects itself below the rope, forming a hyperbolic flux tube and magnetic reconnection is triggered there. By tracing the footprint of the newly-reconnected field lines, we reproduce both the spatial location and its temporal evolution of flare ribbons with an expected accuracy in comparison of observed images. This scenario strongly confirms the three-dimensional version of standard flare model.

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