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PECULIAR STATIONARY EUV WAVE FRONTS IN THE ERUPTION ON 2011 MAY 11

Journal Article · · Astrophysical Journal
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  1. Department of Physics, DSB Campus, Kumaun University, Nainital—263 001 (India)
  2. School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, Nanjing—210 023 (China)
  3. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi—221 005 (India)

We present and interpret the observations of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) waves associated with a filament eruption on 2011 May 11. The filament eruption also produces a small B-class two ribbon flare and a coronal mass ejection. The event is observed by the Solar Dynamic Observatory with high spatio-temporal resolution data recorded by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly. As the filament erupts, we observe two types of EUV waves (slow and fast) propagating outwards. The faster EUV wave has a propagation velocity of ∼500 km s{sup −1} and the slower EUV wave has an initial velocity of ∼120 km s{sup −1}. We report, for the first time, that not only does the slower EUV wave stop at a magnetic separatrix to form bright stationary fronts, but also the faster EUV wave transits a magnetic separatrix, leaving another stationary EUV front behind.

OSTI ID:
22663036
Journal Information:
Astrophysical Journal, Journal Name: Astrophysical Journal Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 822; ISSN ASJOAB; ISSN 0004-637X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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