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Observational signatures of a kink-unstable coronal flux rope using Hinode/EIS

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Snow, B., Botha, Gert, Regnier, S., Morton, R. J., Verwichte, E. (Erwin) and Young, P. R. (2017) Observational signatures of a kink-unstable coronal flux rope using Hinode/EIS. Astrophysical Journal, 842 (1). 16. doi:10.3847/1538-4357/aa6d0e

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Abstract

The signatures of energy release and energy transport for a kink-unstable coronal flux rope are investigated via forward modelling. Synthetic intensity and Doppler maps are generated from a 3D numerical simulation. The CHIANTI database is used to compute intensities for three Hinode/EIS emission lines that cover the thermal range of the loop. The intensities and Doppler velocities at simulation resolution are spatially degraded to the Hinode/EIS pixel size (1′′), convolved using a Gaussian point-spread function (3′′), and exposed for a characteristic time of 50 seconds. The synthetic images generated for rasters (moving slit) and sit-and-stare (stationary slit) are analysed to find the signatures of the twisted flux and the associated instability. We find that there are several qualities of a kink-unstable coronal flux rope that can be detected observationally using Hinode/EIS, namely the growth of the loop radius, the increase in intensity towards the radial edge of the loop, and the Doppler velocity following an internal twisted magnetic field line. However, EIS cannot resolve the small, transient features present in the simulation, such as sites of small-scale reconnection (e.g. nanoflares).

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Physics
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Sun -- Loop prominences, Sun -- Corona
Journal or Publication Title: Astrophysical Journal
Publisher: IOP Publishing
ISSN: 0004-637X
Official Date: 8 June 2017
Dates:
DateEvent
8 June 2017Available
10 April 2017Accepted
Volume: 842
Number: 1
Article Number: 16
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aa6d0e
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
Funder: Science and Technology Facilities Council (Great Britain) (STFC), United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Grant number: ST/L000733/1

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