Thermodynamical Evolution of Supra-Arcade Downflows
arXiv:2007.11205 · doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ab9a3d
Abstract
Supra-arcade downflows (SADs) are dark, teardrop-shaped features descending upon flare arcades. They are thought to be the results of magnetic reconnection, but the detailed formation mechanism of SADs and their relationship to flare energy release are still unclear. In this work, we explore the thermodynamical properties of SADs in the 2011 October 22 limb flare using the observations of the Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and an improved Differential Emission Measure (DEM) technique. Different heating events around SADs are identified and the propagation speeds of plasma heating are calculated. The first heating event starts with the increase of the emission measure at temperatures higher than 5 MK, about 2.8 minutes before the arrival of the first studied SAD. Its propagation speed is about 140 km/s, a little faster than the speed of the SAD. However, the other two events have fast propagation speeds more than 700 km/s. We suspect that the first heating event can be explained by adiabatic compression, but the others may have different causes. Besides, we observed that SADs can push away their surrounding spikes. The formation of SADs is further explained on the basis of patchy and bursty magnetic reconnection that reconnection outflows may push away surrounding plasma and leave dark lanes behind them. The reliability of the DEM results, heating and cooling mechanisms, and other SAD explanations are discussed.
arXiv comment15 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
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