SWAP-SECCHI Observations of a Mass-loading Type Solar Eruption
Abstract
We present a three-dimensional reconstruction of an eruption that occurred on 2010 April 3 using observations from SWAP on board PROBA2 and SECCHI on board STEREO. The event unfolded in two parts: an initial flow of cooler material confined to a height low in the corona, followed by a flux rope eruption higher in the corona. We conclude that mass off-loading from the first part triggered a rise and, subsequently, catastrophic loss of equilibrium of the flux rope.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- January 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1088/2041-8205/727/1/L10
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1011.1144
- Bibcode:
- 2011ApJ...727L..10S
- Keywords:
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- Sun: coronal mass ejections: CMEs;
- Sun: filaments;
- prominences;
- Sun: flares;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics;
- Physics - Space Physics
- E-Print:
- 3 figures