{"title":"Contraction Effect of Coronal Loops during the Flare of February 24, 2023","authors":"V. F. Melnikov, N. S. Meshalkina","doi":"10.1134/S001679322470052X","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this paper, the dynamics of loop-like structures and related phenomena during the solar flare on February 24, 2023 are investigated. A new character of the dynamics of the coronal loop system during the flare has been studied, consisting in compression (lowering) of the loops both during the growth and decay phases of the flare. It was found that a sharp decrease in height began with the appearance of intense nonstationary plasma fluxes (ejections) observed mainly in the vicinity of the eastern footpoints of the coronal loop system. It was concluded that the rapid (at a speed of up to 25 km/s) compression of the coronal loop system can be explained by a decrease in free magnetic energy (a decrease in the vortex phi-component of the magnetic field) caused by the observed non-stationary plasma eruptions from the vicinity of the loops, as well as possible Joule dissipation of electric currents in the loops.</p>","PeriodicalId":55597,"journal":{"name":"Geomagnetism and Aeronomy","volume":"64 8","pages":"1381 - 1385"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-02-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Geomagnetism and Aeronomy","FirstCategoryId":"89","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1134/S001679322470052X","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"地球科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GEOCHEMISTRY & GEOPHYSICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
In this paper, the dynamics of loop-like structures and related phenomena during the solar flare on February 24, 2023 are investigated. A new character of the dynamics of the coronal loop system during the flare has been studied, consisting in compression (lowering) of the loops both during the growth and decay phases of the flare. It was found that a sharp decrease in height began with the appearance of intense nonstationary plasma fluxes (ejections) observed mainly in the vicinity of the eastern footpoints of the coronal loop system. It was concluded that the rapid (at a speed of up to 25 km/s) compression of the coronal loop system can be explained by a decrease in free magnetic energy (a decrease in the vortex phi-component of the magnetic field) caused by the observed non-stationary plasma eruptions from the vicinity of the loops, as well as possible Joule dissipation of electric currents in the loops.
期刊介绍:
Geomagnetism and Aeronomy is a bimonthly periodical that covers the fields of interplanetary space; geoeffective solar events; the magnetosphere; the ionosphere; the upper and middle atmosphere; the action of solar variability and activity on atmospheric parameters and climate; the main magnetic field and its secular variations, excursion, and inversion; and other related topics.