Anti-parallel EUV flows observed along active region filament threads with HI-C

Alexander, Caroline, Walsh, Robert, Regnier, Stephane, Cirtain, Jonathan, Winebarger, Amy, Golub, Leon, Kobayashi, Ken, Platt, Simon, Mitchell, Nick, Korreck, Kelly, DePontieu, Bart, DeForest, Craig, Weber, Mark, Title, Alan and Kuzin, Sergey (2013) Anti-parallel EUV flows observed along active region filament threads with HI-C. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 775 (1). L32. ISSN 2041-8205

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Abstract

Plasma flows within prominences/filaments have been observed for many years and hold valuable clues concerning the mass and energy balance within these structures. Previous observations of these flows primarily come from Hα and cool extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lines (e.g., 304 Å) where estimates of the size of the prominence threads has been limited by the resolution of the available instrumentation. Evidence of "counter-steaming" flows has previously been inferred from these cool plasma observations, but now, for the first time, these flows have been directly imaged along fundamental filament threads within the million degree corona (at 193 Å). In this work, we present observations of an AR filament observed with the High-resolution Coronal Imager (Hi-C) that exhibits anti-parallel flows along adjacent filament threads. Complementary data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO)/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager are presented. The ultra-high spatial and temporal resolution of Hi-C allow the anti-parallel flow velocities to be measured (70-80 km s–1) and gives an indication of the resolvable thickness of the individual strands (0.''8 ± 0.''1). The temperature of the plasma flows was estimated to be log T (K) = 5.45 ± 0.10 using Emission Measure loci analysis. We find that SDO/AIA cannot clearly observe these anti-parallel flows or measure their velocity or thread width due to its larger pixel size. We suggest that anti-parallel/counter-streaming flows are likely commonplace within all filaments and are currently not observed in EUV due to current instrument spatial resolution.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: F500 Astronomy
Department: Faculties > Engineering and Environment > Mathematics, Physics and Electrical Engineering
Depositing User: Stephane Regnier
Date Deposited: 08 Jun 2015 15:20
Last Modified: 17 Dec 2023 16:45
URI: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/21296

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