Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts

The rapid solar spikes (100-500 ms) recently discovered at submillimeter waves bring new possibilities to investigate energetic processes near the solar surface that might have an important role in the launch and propelling of ionized mass away from the Sun. We present a study on the association bet...

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spelling paper:paper_21699402_v108_nA7_p_Kaufmann2023-06-08T16:34:54Z Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts CME launch CME precursors Pulse bursts Solar radio astronomy Solar submm-wave bursts The rapid solar spikes (100-500 ms) recently discovered at submillimeter waves bring new possibilities to investigate energetic processes near the solar surface that might have an important role in the launch and propelling of ionized mass away from the Sun. We present a study on the association between the launch time of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by the LASCO instruments on the SOHO spacecraft and the onset of the new kind of rapid solar spikes (100-500 ms) observed at submillimetric waves (212 and 405 GHz) by the new Solar Submm-wave Telescope (SST). We investigated six submm-wave events, all found associated to CMEs. Seven related CME were identified. Five of them were associated with flares with large GOES class soft X-rays, presenting distinct time histories and associations at other energy ranges, and two of them were related to flares behind the solar limb, with simultaneous related activity observed in the visible solar disk. Ultraviolet images from EIT on SOHO show some kind of small or large-scale magnetic activity or brightening for all events. The extrapolation of apparent CME positions to the solar surface show that they occurred nearly coincident in time with the onset of submm-wave pulses for all six events. These results suggest that pulse bursts might be representative of an important early signature of CMEs, especially for events beginning near the center of the solar disk, sometimes identified as "halo" CMEs. They lead to several challenging questions relative to the physical nature of the pulses and its association to the launch and acceleration of coronal mass ejections. Although these evidences may favor multiple rapid energy releases at the origin near the solar surface, they require further research in order to better understand both diagnostics and model descriptions. Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union. 2003 https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21699402_v108_nA7_p_Kaufmann http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21699402_v108_nA7_p_Kaufmann
institution Universidad de Buenos Aires
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topic CME launch
CME precursors
Pulse bursts
Solar radio astronomy
Solar submm-wave bursts
spellingShingle CME launch
CME precursors
Pulse bursts
Solar radio astronomy
Solar submm-wave bursts
Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
topic_facet CME launch
CME precursors
Pulse bursts
Solar radio astronomy
Solar submm-wave bursts
description The rapid solar spikes (100-500 ms) recently discovered at submillimeter waves bring new possibilities to investigate energetic processes near the solar surface that might have an important role in the launch and propelling of ionized mass away from the Sun. We present a study on the association between the launch time of coronal mass ejections (CMEs) observed by the LASCO instruments on the SOHO spacecraft and the onset of the new kind of rapid solar spikes (100-500 ms) observed at submillimetric waves (212 and 405 GHz) by the new Solar Submm-wave Telescope (SST). We investigated six submm-wave events, all found associated to CMEs. Seven related CME were identified. Five of them were associated with flares with large GOES class soft X-rays, presenting distinct time histories and associations at other energy ranges, and two of them were related to flares behind the solar limb, with simultaneous related activity observed in the visible solar disk. Ultraviolet images from EIT on SOHO show some kind of small or large-scale magnetic activity or brightening for all events. The extrapolation of apparent CME positions to the solar surface show that they occurred nearly coincident in time with the onset of submm-wave pulses for all six events. These results suggest that pulse bursts might be representative of an important early signature of CMEs, especially for events beginning near the center of the solar disk, sometimes identified as "halo" CMEs. They lead to several challenging questions relative to the physical nature of the pulses and its association to the launch and acceleration of coronal mass ejections. Although these evidences may favor multiple rapid energy releases at the origin near the solar surface, they require further research in order to better understand both diagnostics and model descriptions. Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.
title Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
title_short Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
title_full Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
title_fullStr Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
title_full_unstemmed Launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
title_sort launch of solar coronal mass ejections and submillimeter pulse bursts
publishDate 2003
url https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_21699402_v108_nA7_p_Kaufmann
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_21699402_v108_nA7_p_Kaufmann
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