Mass constraints on the eruptive plasma in X-ray and EUV
Abstract
We investigate several eruptive hot plasma observations by Hinode/XRT. Their corresponding EUV and/or white light CME features are visible in some events. Using those observations, we determine the mass constraints of eruptive plasma by assuming simplified geometrical structures of the plasma. In some events, the associated prominence eruptions and eruptive plasma were observed in EUV observations as absorption or emission features. The absorption feature provides the lower limit to the cold mass while the emission feature provides the upper limit to the mass of observed eruptive plasma in X-ray and EUV passbands. In addition, some events were observed in a few passbands in X-rays, which allows the determination of the eruptive plasma temperature using a filter ratio method. We compare the mass constraints for each temperature response and find that the mass in EUV and XRT are smaller in their upper or lower limit than total mass in coronagraph. About half eruptive events in XRT have no corresponding CME, which may be due to failed eruptions or low plasma density.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012AGUFMSH33A2226L
- Keywords:
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- 7509 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / Corona;
- 7513 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / Coronal mass ejections;
- 7549 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / Ultraviolet emissions;
- 7554 SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMY / X-rays;
- gamma rays;
- and neutrinos