論文

査読有り
2012年11月

MAGNETIC FIELD STRUCTURES TRIGGERING SOLAR FLARES AND CORONAL MASS EJECTIONS

ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
  • K. Kusano
  • ,
  • Y. Bamba
  • ,
  • T. T. Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Y. Iida
  • ,
  • S. Toriumi
  • ,
  • A. Asai

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記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/31
出版者・発行元
IOP PUBLISHING LTD

Solar flares and coronal mass ejections, the most catastrophic eruptions in our solar system, have been known to affect terrestrial environments and infrastructure. However, because their triggering mechanism is still not sufficiently understood, our capacity to predict the occurrence of solar eruptions and to forecast space weather is substantially hindered. Even though various models have been proposed to determine the onset of solar eruptions, the types of magnetic structures capable of triggering these eruptions are still unclear. In this study, we solved this problem by systematically surveying the nonlinear dynamics caused by a wide variety of magnetic structures in terms of three-dimensional magnetohydrodynamic simulations. As a result, we determined that two different types of small magnetic structures favor the onset of solar eruptions. These structures, which should appear near the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL), include magnetic fluxes reversed to the potential component or the nonpotential component of major field on the PIL. In addition, we analyzed two large flares, the X-class flare on 2006 December 13 and the M-class flare on 2011 February 13, using imaging data provided by the Hinode satellite, and we demonstrated that they conform to the simulation predictions. These results suggest that forecasting of solar eruptions is possible with sophisticated observation of a solar magnetic field, although the lead time must be limited by the timescale of changes in the small magnetic structures.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/31
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000310922200031&DestApp=WOS_CPL
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1088/0004-637X/760/1/31
  • ISSN : 0004-637X
  • eISSN : 1538-4357
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000310922200031

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