Formation, Interaction and Merger of an Active Region and a Quiescent Filament Prior to Their Eruption on 19 May 2007
We report observations of the formation of two filaments – one active and one quiescent, and their subsequent interactions prior to eruption. The active region filament appeared on 17 May 2007, followed by the quiescent filament about 24 hours later. In the 26 hour interval preceding the eruption, w...
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Published in | Solar physics Vol. 259; no. 1-2; pp. 31 - 47 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
01.10.2009
Springer Nature B.V Springer Verlag |
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Summary: | We report observations of the formation of two filaments – one active and one quiescent, and their subsequent interactions prior to eruption. The active region filament appeared on 17 May 2007, followed by the quiescent filament about 24 hours later. In the 26 hour interval preceding the eruption, which occurred at around 12:50 UT on 19 May 2007, we see the two filaments attempting to merge and filament material is repeatedly heated suggesting magnetic reconnection. The filament structure is observed to become increasingly dynamic preceding the eruption with two small hard X-ray sources seen close to the active part of the filament at around 01:38 UT on 19 May 2007 during one of the activity episodes. The final eruption on 19 May at about 12:51 UT involves a complex CME structure, a flare and a coronal wave. A magnetic cloud is observed near Earth by the STEREO-B and WIND spacecraft about 2.7 days later. Here we describe the behaviour of the two filaments in the period prior to the eruption and assess the nature of their dynamic interactions. |
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ISSN: | 0038-0938 1573-093X |
DOI: | 10.1007/s11207-009-9427-5 |