Formation and Thermodynamic Evolution of plasmoids in active region jets

Abstract

We have carried out a comprehensive study of the temperature structure of plasmoids, which successively occurred in recurrent active region jets. The multithermal plasmoids were seen to be travelling along the multi-threaded spire as well as at the footpoint region in the EUV/UV images recorded by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA). The Differential Emission Measure (DEM) analysis was performed using EUV AIA images, and the high-temperature part of the DEM was constrained by combining X-ray images from the X-ray telescope (XRT/Hinode). We observed a systematic rise and fall in brightness, electron number densities and the peak temperatures of the spire plasmoid during its propagation along the jet. The plasmoids at the footpoint (FPs) (1.0-2.5 MK) and plasmoids at the spire (SPs) (1.0-2.24 MK) were found to have similar peak temperatures, whereas the FPs have higher DEM weighted temperatures (2.2-5.7 MK) than the SPs (1.3-3.0 MK). A lower limit to the electron number densities of plasmoids - SPs (FPs) were obtained that ranged between 3.4-6.1$\times$10${}^8$ (3.3-5.9$\times$10${}^8$) cm${}^{-3}$ whereas for the spire, it ranged from 2.6-3.2$\times$10${}^8$ cm${}^{-3}$. Our analysis shows that the emission of these plasmoids starts close to the base of the jet(s), where we believe that a strong current interface is formed. This suggests that the blobs are plasmoids induced by a tearing-mode instability.

13 pages, 10 figures, Accepted for publication in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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