Long, David M.
ORCID: 0000-0003-3137-0277, Chitta, Lakshmi Pradeep, Baker, Deborah, Hannah, Iain G., Ngampoopun, Nawin, Berghmans, David, Zhukov, Andrei N. and Teriaca, Luca
(2023)
Multistage Reconnection Powering a Solar Coronal Jet.
The Astrophysical Journal, 944
(1).
ISSN 1538-4357
Abstract
Coronal jets are short-lived eruptive features commonly observed in polar coronal holes and are
thought to play a key role in the transfer of mass and energy into the solar corona. We describe
unique contemporaneous observations of a coronal blowout jet seen by the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager
onboard the Solar Orbiter spacecraft (SO/EUI) and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly onboard
the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA). The coronal jet erupted from the south polar coronal
hole, and was observed with high spatial and temporal resolution by both instruments. This enabled
identification of the different stages of a breakout reconnection process producing the observed jet. We
find bulk plasma flow kinematics of ∼100–200 km s−1 across the lifetime of its observed propagation, with a distinct kink in the jet where it impacted and was subsequently guided by a nearby polar plume.
We also identify a faint faster feature ahead of the bulk plasma motion propagating with a velocity of ∼715 km s−1 which we attribute to untwisting of newly reconnected field lines during the eruption. A
Differential Emission Measure (DEM) analysis using the SDO/AIA observations revealed a very weak jet signal, indicating that the erupting material was likely much cooler than the coronal passbands
used to derive the DEM. This is consistent with the very bright appearance of the jet in the Lyman-α passband observed by SO/EUI. The DEM was used to estimate the radiative thermal energy of the
source region of the coronal jet, finding a value of ∼ 2 × 1024 ergs, comparable to the energy of a nanoflare.
Metadata
| Item Type: | Article (Published) |
|---|---|
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Solar corona, Solar coronal holes, Solar filament eruptions, Solar extreme ultraviolet emission, 1483, 1484, 1981, 1493, Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics |
| Subjects: | Physical Sciences > Astronomy > Astrophysics Physical Sciences > Physics |
| DCU Faculties and Centres: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Publisher: | Institute of Physics Publishing, Inc. |
| Official URL: | https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/1538-43... |
| Copyright Information: | Authors |
| ID Code: | 33424 |
| Deposited On: | 02 Sep 2026 09:58 by David Long . Last Modified 02 Sep 2026 09:58 |
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