Radio, X-ray, and extreme ultraviolet signatures of internal and external reconnection of an erupting flux rope

Aims. We aim to interpret and relate features observed in gigahertz radio, extreme UV (EUV), and X-ray emissions during a filament eruption at the start of a solar flare on 2 April 2022. Methods. We analysed imaging (EUV, X-ray) and spectral (radio, X-ray) data obtained by ground-based and space instruments on board space missions both on Earth (Fermi, Hinode, Solar Dynamics Observatory) and in solar orbits (Solar Orbiter, STEREO-A), thus providing a multi-directional view on the same event. Results. The combination of EUV and X-ray images and X-ray spectra allowed us to identify hot loops in the vicinity of the filament before its eruption. We interpreted their interaction with the rising filament as a signature of an arcade-to-rope reconnection geometry. The subsequent EUV brightening within the filament revealed a helical structure of the erupting rope. We explain co-temporal radio slowly positively drifting bursts as being a result of beam acceleration within the magnetic rope and propagation along the helical structure. The corresponding X-ray spectra are consistent with a thermal origin. The filament rising was accompanied by co-temporal normal and reverse drift type III radio bursts. We interpret them as a signature of a reconnection event and estimated the electron density at the reconnection site. Further untwisting of the helical structure led to formation of a quasi-circular EUV structure seen from Earth and STEREO-A. Its occurrence was co-temporal with a unique tangle of radio U- and inverse U-bursts. We propose that several accelerated beams propagate within that complex structure and generate the burst tangle. During the start of the flare, hard X-ray emission was concentrated near the filament leg only, suggesting predominant propagation of the beams towards its rooting. Conclusions. We collected multi-wavelength observations indicating interaction of the erupting magnetic flux rope with the overlying arcade and internal magnetic reconnection inside the rising flux rope.

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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2025-12-08
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https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202557440
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Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
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Radio, X-ray, and extreme ultraviolet signatures of internal and external reconnection of an erupting flux rope

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Radio, X-ray, and extreme ultraviolet signatures of internal and external reconnection of an erupting flux rope

Jaroslav Dudík, Paolo Massa, J. Kašparová, J. Rybák, F. Schüller, Alena Zemanová, M. Karlický, S. Krucker
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Aims. We aim to interpret and relate features observed in gigahertz radio, extreme UV (EUV), and X-ray emissions during a filament eruption at the start of a solar flare on 2 April 2022. Methods. We analysed imaging (EUV, X-ray) and spectral (radio, X-ray) data obtained by ground-based and space instruments on board space missions both on Earth (Fermi, Hinode, Solar Dynamics Observatory) and in solar orbits (Solar Orbiter, STEREO-A), thus providing a multi-directional view on the same event. Results. The combination of EUV and X-ray images and X-ray spectra allowed us to identify hot loops in the vicinity of the filament before its eruption. We interpreted their interaction with the rising filament as a signature of an arcade-to-rope reconnection geometry. The subsequent EUV brightening within the filament revealed a helical structure of the erupting rope. We explain co-temporal radio slowly positively drifting bursts as being a result of beam acceleration within the magnetic rope and propagation along the helical structure. The corresponding X-ray spectra are consistent with a thermal origin. The filament rising was accompanied by co-temporal normal and reverse drift type III radio bursts. We interpret them as a signature of a reconnection event and estimated the electron density at the reconnection site. Further untwisting of the helical structure led to formation of a quasi-circular EUV structure seen from Earth and STEREO-A. Its occurrence was co-temporal with a unique tangle of radio U- and inverse U-bursts. We propose that several accelerated beams propagate within that complex structure and generate the burst tangle. During the start of the flare, hard X-ray emission was concentrated near the filament leg only, suggesting predominant propagation of the beams towards its rooting. Conclusions. We collected multi-wavelength observations indicating interaction of the erupting magnetic flux rope with the overlying arcade and internal magnetic reconnection inside the rising flux rope.

Astronomy and AstrophysicsVol. 706
Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK), Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam (DE), Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute (CZ), FHNW University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland (CH), Astronomical Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences (SK), University of California, Berkeley (US)
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