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Title: RAPID PENUMBRA AND LORENTZ FORCE CHANGES IN AN X1.0 SOLAR FLARE

Abstract

We present observations of the violent changes in photospheric magnetic structures associated with an X1.1 flare, which occurred in a compact δ-configuration region in the following part of AR 11890 on 2013 November 8. In both central and peripheral penumbra regions of the small δ sunspot, these changes took place abruptly and permanently in the reverse direction during the flare: the inner/outer penumbra darkened/disappeared, where the magnetic fields became more horizontal/vertical. Particularly, the Lorentz force (LF) changes in the central/peripheral region had a downward/upward and inward direction, meaning that the local pressure from the upper atmosphere was enhanced/released. It indicates that the LF changes might be responsible for the penumbra changes. These observations can be well explained as the photospheric response to the coronal field reconstruction within the framework of the magnetic implosion theory and the back reaction model of flares.

Authors:
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  1. Yunnan Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 110, Kunming 650011 (China)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
22518565
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Astrophysical Journal Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 820; Journal Issue: 1; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 2041-8205
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
79 ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; IMPLOSIONS; LORENTZ FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PHOTOSPHERE; SOLAR FLARES; SUN; SUNSPOTS

Citation Formats

Xu, Zhe, Jiang, Yunchun, Yang, Jiayang, Yang, Bo, and Bi, Yi. RAPID PENUMBRA AND LORENTZ FORCE CHANGES IN AN X1.0 SOLAR FLARE. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. doi:10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L21.
Xu, Zhe, Jiang, Yunchun, Yang, Jiayang, Yang, Bo, & Bi, Yi. RAPID PENUMBRA AND LORENTZ FORCE CHANGES IN AN X1.0 SOLAR FLARE. United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L21
Xu, Zhe, Jiang, Yunchun, Yang, Jiayang, Yang, Bo, and Bi, Yi. 2016. "RAPID PENUMBRA AND LORENTZ FORCE CHANGES IN AN X1.0 SOLAR FLARE". United States. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L21.
@article{osti_22518565,
title = {RAPID PENUMBRA AND LORENTZ FORCE CHANGES IN AN X1.0 SOLAR FLARE},
author = {Xu, Zhe and Jiang, Yunchun and Yang, Jiayang and Yang, Bo and Bi, Yi},
abstractNote = {We present observations of the violent changes in photospheric magnetic structures associated with an X1.1 flare, which occurred in a compact δ-configuration region in the following part of AR 11890 on 2013 November 8. In both central and peripheral penumbra regions of the small δ sunspot, these changes took place abruptly and permanently in the reverse direction during the flare: the inner/outer penumbra darkened/disappeared, where the magnetic fields became more horizontal/vertical. Particularly, the Lorentz force (LF) changes in the central/peripheral region had a downward/upward and inward direction, meaning that the local pressure from the upper atmosphere was enhanced/released. It indicates that the LF changes might be responsible for the penumbra changes. These observations can be well explained as the photospheric response to the coronal field reconstruction within the framework of the magnetic implosion theory and the back reaction model of flares.},
doi = {10.3847/2041-8205/820/1/L21},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22518565}, journal = {Astrophysical Journal Letters},
issn = {2041-8205},
number = 1,
volume = 820,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Sun Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}