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Magnetic reconnection between an emerging active region and the quiet Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 September 2016

Bin Zhang ,
Jun Zhang ,
Shuhong Yang ,
Ting Li ,
Yuzong Zhang  and
Leping Li
Bin Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn The Pilot College of Beijing University of Technology, Beijing 101101, China
Jun Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn
Shuhong Yang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn
Ting Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn
Yuzong Zhang
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn
Leping Li
Affiliation:
Key Laboratory of Solar Activity, National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100012, China email: zjun@nao.cas.cn
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Abstract

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Using the Solar Dynamics Observatory observations, we study the evolution of an emerging active region (EAR) and its reconnection with the quiet Sun. The EAR continuously interacts with the surrounding quiet region, and dark ribbons at the boundary of the EAR and the quiet Sun are observed. The extreme-ultraviolet observations show that the regions swept by the dark ribbons are brightened and the temperature increases. These results reveal that there exists an uninterrupted magnetic reconnection between the EAR and the quiet region and the released energy heats the corona of the quiet Sun. The dark ribbons are suggested to correspond to the interface of the reconnected fields and the undisturbed ones. The dark ribbon propagates outward, and this phenomenon is considered as a dark wave.

Keywords

Sun: activitySun: coronaSun: evolution
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , Symposium S320: Solar and Stellar Flares and their Effects on Planets , August 2015 , pp. 185 - 190
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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