Extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) observables of simulated plasmoid-mediated reconnection in the solar corona
arXiv:2404.07327 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/202449357
Abstract
Understanding the role of magnetic reconnection in the heating and dynamics of the solar atmosphere requires detailed observational data of any observable aspect of the reconnection process, including small-scale features such as plasmoids. Here, we examine the capability of active and upcoming instruments to detect plasmoids generated by reconnection in the corona including low-density regimes. We used the Bifrost code to perform simulations of plasmoid-mediated reconnection in the corona with a 2D idealized setup: a fan-spine topology with uniform density including thermal conduction. Through a forward-modeling of extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) observables, we checked whether our simulated plasmoids could be detected with the instruments of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Solar Orbiter (SO), as well as the upcoming Multi-Slit Solar Explorer (MUSE) and Solar-C missions. Short-lived (10-20 s) small-scale (0.2-0.5 Mm) coronal plasmoids are not resolvable with the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on board SDO, but could be captured with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imager (EUI) of SO. The spatial and temporal high-resolution planned for the MUSE spectrograph (SG) is adequate to obtain full spectral information of these plasmoids. Detection of 0.8 MK plasmoids in the MUSE/SG 171 Å channel is possible in full-raster mode in regions with electron densities above 10^9 cm^3 whereas on sit-and-stare mode for lower-density regions. Solar-C could also capture these coronal plasmoids using the EUV High-Throughput Spectroscopic Telescope (EUVST), considering rapid changes in Doppler shift and line widths in different EUV lines caused by plasmoid motions along the current sheet. With combined spectra of MUSE/SG and Solar-C/EUVST in multiple emission lines, along with high-resolution images from SO/EUI and MUSE/CI, it should be possible to gain new insights about plasmoid formation in the corona.
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