Observation of a large-scale filament eruption initiated by two small-scale erupting filaments pushing out from below

Filament eruptions often result in flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Most studies attribute the filament eruptions to their instabilities or magnetic reconnection. In this study, we report a unique observation of a filament eruption whose initiation process has not been reported before. This...

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Published in:arXiv.org 2024-05
Main Authors: Song, Yongliang, Su, Jiangtao, Zhang, Qingmin, Zhang, Mei, Deng, Yuanyong, Bai, Xianyong, Liu, Suo, Yang, Xiao, Chen, Jie, Xu, Haiqing, Ji, Kaifan, Hu, Ziyao
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Language:English
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Coronal mass ejection
Filaments
Interplanetary space
Kinetic energy
Pushing
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Summary:Filament eruptions often result in flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs). Most studies attribute the filament eruptions to their instabilities or magnetic reconnection. In this study, we report a unique observation of a filament eruption whose initiation process has not been reported before. This large-scale filament, with a length of about 360 Mm crossing an active region, is forced to erupted by two small-scale erupting filaments pushing out from below. This process of multi-filament eruption results in an M6.4 flare in the active region NOAA 13229 on 25th February 2023. The whole process can be divided into three stages: the eruptions of two active-region filaments F1 and F2; the interactions between the erupting F1, F2, and the large-scale filament F3; and the eruption of F3. Though this multi-filament eruption occurs near the northwest limb of the solar disk, it produces a strong halo CME that causes a significant geomagnetic disturbance. Our observations present a new filament eruption mechanism, in which the initial kinetic energy of the eruption is obtained from and transported to by other erupting structures. This event provides us a unique insight into the dynamics of multi-filament eruptions and their corresponding effects on the interplanetary space.
ISSN:2331-8422