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Simultaneous transverse and longitudinal oscillations in a quiescent prominence triggered by a coronal jet

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2017-12-27 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we report our multiwavelength observations of the simultaneous transverse and longitudinal oscillations in a quiescent prominence on 2015 June 29. A C2.4 flare took place in active region 12373, which was associated with a pair of short ribbons and a remote ribbon. During the impulsive phase of the flare, a coronal jet spurted out of the primary flare site and propagated in the northwest direction at an apparent speed of \sim224 km s1^{-1}. Part of the jet stopped near the remote ribbon. The remaining part continued moving forward before stopping to the east of prominence. Once the jet encountered the prominence, it pushed the prominence to oscillate periodically. The transverse oscillation of the eastern part (EP) of prominence can be divided into two phases. In phase I, the initial amplitude, velocity, period, and damping timescale are \sim4.5 Mm, \sim20 km s1^{-1}, \sim25 minutes, and \sim7.5 hr, respectively. In phase II, the initial amplitude increases to \sim11.3 Mm while the initial velocity halves to \sim10 km s1^{-1}. The period increases by a factor of \sim3.5. The western part (WP) of prominence also experienced transverse oscillation. The initial amplitude is only \sim2 Mm and the velocity is less than 10 km s1^{-1}. The period (\sim27 minutes) is slightly longer than that of EP in phase I. To the east of prominence, a handful of horizontal threads experienced longitudinal oscillation. The initial amplitude, velocity, period, and damping timescale are \sim52 Mm, \sim50 km s1^{-1}, \sim99 minutes, and 2.5 hr, respectively. To our knowledge, this is the first report of simultaneous transverse and longitudinal prominence oscillations triggered by a coronal jet.

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@article{arxiv.1711.00670,
  title  = {Simultaneous transverse and longitudinal oscillations in a quiescent prominence triggered by a coronal jet},
  author = {Qingmin Zhang and Dong Li and Zongjun Ning},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.00670},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

15 pages, 13 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in ApJ