Further Evidence for the Minifilament-Eruption Scenario for Solar Polar Coronal Jets

Abstract

We examine a sampling of 23 polar-coronal-hole jets. We first identified the jets in soft X-ray (SXR) images from the X-ray telescope (XRT) on the Hinode spacecraft, over 2014-2016. During this period, frequently the polar holes were small or largely obscured by foreground coronal haze, often making jets difficult to see. We selected 23 jets among those adequately visible during this period, and examined them further using Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) 171, 193, 211, and 304 Ang images. In SXRs we track the lateral drift of the jet spire relative to the jet base's jet bright point (JBP). In 22 of 23 jets the spire either moves away from (18 cases) or is stationary relative to (4 cases) the JBP. The one exception where the spire moved toward the JBP may be a consequence of line-of-sight projection effects at the limb. From the AIA images, we clearly identify an erupting minifilament in 20 of the 23 jets, while the remainder are consistent with such an eruption having taken place. We also confirm that some jets can trigger onset of nearby "sympathetic" jets, likely because eruption of the minifilament field of the first jet removes magnetic constraints on the base-field region of the second jet. The propensity for spire drift away from the JBP, the identification of the erupting minifilament in the majority of jets, and the magnetic-field topological changes that lead to sympathetic jets, all support or are consistent with the minifilament-eruption model for jets.

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