Small-scale magnetic flux emergence preceding a chain of energetic solar atmospheric events
arXiv:2403.11652 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202348894
Abstract
Advancements in instrumentation have revealed a multitude of small-scale EUV events in the solar atmosphere. Our aim is to employ high-resolution magnetograms to gain a detailed understanding of the magnetic origin of such phenomena. We have used coordinated observations from SST, IRIS, and SDO to analyze an ephemeral magnetic flux emergence episode and the following chain of small-scale energetic events. These unique observations clearly link these phenomena together. The high-resolution (0."057/pixel) magnetograms obtained with SST/CRISP allows us to reliably measure the magnetic field at the photosphere and detect the emerging bipole that causes the subsequent eruptive atmospheric events. Notably, this small-scale emergence episode remains indiscernible in the lower resolution SDO/HMI magnetograms (0."5/pixel). We report the appearance of a dark bubble in Ca II K related to the emerging bipole, a sign of the canonical expanding magnetic dome predicted in flux emergence simulations. Evidences of reconnection are also found: first through an Ellerman bomb, and later by the launch of a surge next to a UV burst. The UV burst exhibits a weak EUV counterpart in the coronal SDO/AIA channels. By calculating DEM, its plasma is shown to reach a temperature beyond 1 MK and have densities between the upper chromosphere and transition region. Our study showcases the importance of high-resolution magnetograms to unveil the mechanisms triggering phenomena such as EBs, UV bursts, and surges. This could hold implications for small-scale events akin to those recently reported in EUV using Solar Orbiter. The finding of temperatures beyond 1 MK in the UV burst plasma strongly suggests that we are examining analogous features. Therefore, we signal caution regarding drawing conclusions from full-disk magnetograms that lack the necessary resolution to reveal their true magnetic origin.
Accepted in A&A, 11 pages, 7 figures, 5 movies
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