Origin of Quasi-Periodic Pulsation at the Base of Kink Unstable Jet

Abstract

We study a blowout jet that occurs at the west limb of the Sun on August 29${}^{th}$, 2014 using high-resolution imaging/spectroscopic observations provided by SDO/AIA and IRIS. An inverse $\gamma$-shape flux-rope appears before the jet{--} morphological indication of the onset of kink instability. The twisted field lines of kink-unstable flux-rope reconnect at its bright knot and launch the blowout jet at $\approx$06:30:43 UT with an average speed of 234 km s${}^{-1}$. Just after the launch, the northern leg of the flux rope erupts completely. The time-distance diagrams show multiple spikes or bright dots, which is the result of periodic fluctuations, i.e., quasi-periodic fluctuations (QPPs). The wavelet analysis confirms that QPPs have a dominant period of $\approx$ 03 minutes. IRIS spectra (Si~{\sc iv}, C~{\sc ii}, and Mg~{\sc ii}) may also indicate the occurrence of magnetic reconnection through existence of broad $\&$ complex profiles and bi-directional flows in the jet. Further, we have found that line broadening is periodic with a period of $\approx$ 03 minutes, and plasma upflow is always occurs when the line width is high, i.e., multiple reconnection may produce periodic line broadening. The EM curves also show the same period of $\approx$ 03 minutes in different temperature bins. The images and EM show that this jets spire is mainly cool (chromospheric/transition region) rather than hot (coronal) material. Further, line broadening, intensity, and EM curves have a period of $\approx$03 minutes, which strongly supports that multiple magnetic reconnection triggers QPPs in the blowout jet.

The Astrophysical Journal (In press), 25 pages, 12 figures

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