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利用耀斑条带推断耀斑电流片的基本性质:重联通量率中的振荡

Inferring Fundamental Properties of the Flare Current Sheet Using Flare Ribbons: Oscillations in the Reconnection Flux Rates

Marcel F. Corchado Albelo, Maria D. Kazachenko, Benjamin J. Lynch

AI总结:

本研究通过耀斑条带演化与矢量磁场数据估算重联通量率,发现其存在1-4分钟的准周期振荡,并与硬X射线爆发近同时,揭示电流片中等离子体团的动力学过程。

摘要:

磁重联被理解为太阳爆发期间促进磁能转化为热能、动能和粒子加速的主要物理过程。然而,由于缺乏高时间分辨率和高空间分辨率的观测,对重联区域性质和动力学的观测约束是有限的。通过研究重联后场线足点(即耀斑条带)的演化和形态以及矢量光球磁场,我们估算了磁重联通量及其随时间的变化率,以研究耀斑重联过程和上方电流片的动力学。我们比较了高分辨率成像数据,以研究耀斑条带在远离极性反转线扩散时其精细结构的演化。利用两个示例事件(一个M级和一个X级耀斑)的数据,我们探讨了条带前沿精细结构与重联区域爆发的时间发展之间的关系。此外,我们使用RibbonDB数据库对73个(C级到X级)耀斑进行了统计分析,并利用小波变换识别了准周期脉动(QPP)的性质。我们的主要发现是在两个示例事件和大样本耀斑中,在推导出的磁重联率中发现了准周期脉动(QPP)的特征。我们发现振荡的周期范围从一分钟到四分钟。此外,我们发现在硬X射线(HXR)发射剖面中几乎同时出现了爆发。我们讨论了电流片中涉及等离子体团的动力学过程如何解释重联率和HXR发射中准周期性的近同时特征。

英文摘要:

Magnetic reconnection is understood to be the main physical process that facilitates the transformation of magnetic energy into heat, motion, and particle acceleration during solar eruptions. Yet, observational constraints on reconnection region properties and dynamics are limited due to lack of high-cadence and high-spatial-resolution observations. By studying the evolution and morphology of post-reconnected field-lines footpoints, or flare ribbons and vector photospheric magnetic field, we estimate the magnetic reconnection flux and its rate of change with time to study the flare reconnection process and dynamics of the current sheet above. We compare high-resolution imaging data to study the evolution of the fine structure in flare ribbons as ribbons spread away from the polarity inversion line. Using data from two illustrative events (one M- and X-class flare), we explore the relationship between the ribbon-front fine structure and the temporal development of bursts in the reconnection region. Additionally, we use the RibbonDB database to perform statistical analysis of 73 (C- to X-class) flares and identify QPP's properties using the Wavelet Transform. Our main finding is the discovery of quasi-periodic pulsations (QPP) signatures in the derived magnetic reconnection rates in both example events and the large flare sample. We find that the oscillations' periods range from one to four minutes. Furthermore, we find nearly co-temporal bursts in Hard X-ray (HXR) emission profiles. We discuss how dynamical processes in the current sheet involving plasmoids can explain the nearly-co-temporal signatures of quasi periodicity in the reconnection rates and HXR emission.

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