A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament

In this work, we analyze a successful eruption, accompanied by an X5.4-class flare in active region 11429. The eruptive structure is an elongated hot structure, with two curved brightenings below it. Additionally, we find that snail-shell-shaped flare loops are formed at the end of the flare, with a...

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Main Authors: Wentai Fu, Yiwei Ni, Jinhan Guo, Yang Guo, P. F. Chen, Mingde Ding
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Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add88e
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author Wentai Fu
Yiwei Ni
Jinhan Guo
Yang Guo
P. F. Chen
Mingde Ding
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description In this work, we analyze a successful eruption, accompanied by an X5.4-class flare in active region 11429. The eruptive structure is an elongated hot structure, with two curved brightenings below it. Additionally, we find that snail-shell-shaped flare loops are formed at the end of the flare, with a filament channel beneath the loops that implies a magnetic flux rope structure. The flare ribbons indicate a highly complex eruption process. During the eruption, using Global Oscillation Network Group data, we find a small filament that exists before and after the eruption. We reproduce the eruption using a full thermodynamic magnetohydrodynamic simulation, with the purpose to illustrate the mechanisms of the eruption. The small magnetic flux rope continuously rises due to arcade–arcade to rope–flare loop reconnection below, compressing the sheared magnetic arcades above. Slipping reconnection between the upper sheared magnetic arcades leads to the formation of new sheared magnetic arcades, resulting in a successful eruption. Simultaneously, the newly formed snail-shell-shaped flare loops constrain the elevation of the original magnetic flux rope below, implying that the original magnetic flux rope is not the eruptive structure of this successful eruption. Instead, the sheared magnetic arcades produced by the upper slipping reconnection above the original flux rope is the eruptive structure involved.
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spelling doaj-art-5fef9f9050b54524b6ccea7473841e492025-08-20T03:10:23ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572025-01-0198619510.3847/1538-4357/add88eA Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small FilamentWentai Fu0Yiwei Ni1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9908-291XJinhan Guo2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4205-5566Yang Guo3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9293-8439P. F. Chen4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7289-642XMingde Ding5https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4978-4972School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaSchool of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University , Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of China ; guoyang@nju.edu.cn; Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University) , Ministry of Education, Nanjing 210023, People’s Republic of ChinaIn this work, we analyze a successful eruption, accompanied by an X5.4-class flare in active region 11429. The eruptive structure is an elongated hot structure, with two curved brightenings below it. Additionally, we find that snail-shell-shaped flare loops are formed at the end of the flare, with a filament channel beneath the loops that implies a magnetic flux rope structure. The flare ribbons indicate a highly complex eruption process. During the eruption, using Global Oscillation Network Group data, we find a small filament that exists before and after the eruption. We reproduce the eruption using a full thermodynamic magnetohydrodynamic simulation, with the purpose to illustrate the mechanisms of the eruption. The small magnetic flux rope continuously rises due to arcade–arcade to rope–flare loop reconnection below, compressing the sheared magnetic arcades above. Slipping reconnection between the upper sheared magnetic arcades leads to the formation of new sheared magnetic arcades, resulting in a successful eruption. Simultaneously, the newly formed snail-shell-shaped flare loops constrain the elevation of the original magnetic flux rope below, implying that the original magnetic flux rope is not the eruptive structure of this successful eruption. Instead, the sheared magnetic arcades produced by the upper slipping reconnection above the original flux rope is the eruptive structure involved.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add88eSolar flaresMagnetic fieldsSolar magnetic reconnectionMagnetohydrodynamical simulations
spellingShingle Wentai Fu
Yiwei Ni
Jinhan Guo
Yang Guo
P. F. Chen
Mingde Ding
A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
The Astrophysical Journal
Solar flares
Magnetic fields
Solar magnetic reconnection
Magnetohydrodynamical simulations
title A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
title_full A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
title_fullStr A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
title_full_unstemmed A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
title_short A Successful Sheared-arcade Eruption Triggered by a Failed Erupted Small Filament
title_sort successful sheared arcade eruption triggered by a failed erupted small filament
topic Solar flares
Magnetic fields
Solar magnetic reconnection
Magnetohydrodynamical simulations
url https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/add88e
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