High-Resolution Hα Observations of Proper Motion in NOAA 8668: Evidence for Filament Mass Injection by Chromospheric Reconnection     

Chae  Jongchul  Denker  Carsten  Spirock  Tom J.  Wang  Haimin  Goode  Philip R. 《Solar physics》2000,195(2):333-346

There have been two different kinds of explanations for the source of cool material in prominences or filaments: coronal condensations from above and cool plasma injections from below. In this paper, we present observational results which support filament mass injection by chromospheric reconnection. The observations of an active filament in the active region NOAA 8668 were performed on 17 August 1999 at a wavelength of H–0.6 Å using the 65 cm vacuum reflector, a Zeiss H birefringent filter, and a 12-bit SMD digital camera of Big Bear Solar Observatory. The best image was selected every 12 s for an hour based on a frame selection algorithm. All the images were then co-aligned and corrected for local distortion due to the seeing. The time-lapse movie of the data shows that the filament was undergoing ceaseless motion. The H flow field has been determined as a function of time using local correlation tracking. Time-averaged flow patterns usually trace local magnetic field lines, as inferred from H fibrils and line-of-sight magnetograms. An interesting finding is a transient flow field in a system of small H loops, some of which merge into the filament. The flow is associated with a cancelling magnetic feature which is located at one end of the loop system. Initially a diverging flow with speeds below 10 km s^–1 is visible at the flux cancellation site. The flow is soon directed along the loops and accelerated up to 40 km s^–1 in a few minutes. Some part of the plasma flow then merges into and moves along the filament. This kind of transient flow takes place several times during the observations. Our results clearly demonstrate that reconnection in the photosphere and chromosphere is a likely way to supply cool material to a filament, as well as re-organizing the magnetic field configuration, and, hence, is important in the formation of filaments.  相似文献   

Active-Region Monitoring and Flare Forecasting – I. Data Processing and First Results     

Gallagher  Peter T.  Moon  Y.-J.  Wang  Haimin 《Solar physics》2002,209(1):171-183

This paper discusses a near real-time approach to solar active-region monitoring and flare prediction using the Big Bear Solar Observatory Active Region Monitor (ARM). Every hour, ARM reads, calibrates, and analyses a variety of data including: full-disk Hα images from the Global Hα Network; EUV, continuum, and magnetogram data from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO); and full-disk magnetograms from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG). For the first time, magnetic gradient maps derived from GONG longitudinal magnetograms are now available on-line and are found to be a useful diagnostic of flare activity. ARM also includes a variety of active-region properties from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Environment Center, such as up-to-date active-region positions, GOES 5-min X-ray data, and flare-to-region identifications. Furthermore, we have developed a Flare Prediction System which estimates the probability for each region to produce C-, M-, or X-class flares based on nearly eight years of NOAA data from cycle 22. This, in addition to BBSO's daily solar activity reports, has proven a useful resource for activity forecasting. Supplementary material to this paper is available in electronic form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1020950221179  相似文献   

Observation of Interactions and Eruptions of Two Filaments     

Jiangtao Su  Yu Liu  Hiroki Kurokawa  Xinjie Mao  Shangbin Yang  Hongqi Zhang  Haimin Wang 《Solar physics》2007,242(1-2):53-63

We present new observations of the interactions of two close, but distinct, Hα filaments and their successive eruptions on 5 November 1998. The magnetic fields of the filaments are both of the sinistral type. The interactions between the two filaments were initiated mainly by an active filament of one of them. Before the filament eruptions, two dark plasma ejections and chromospheric brightenings were observed. They indicate that possible magnetic reconnection had occurred between the two filaments. During the first filament eruption, salient dark mass motions transferring from the left erupting filament into the right one were observed. The right filament erupted 40 minutes later. This second filament eruption may have been the result of a loss of stability owing to the sudden mass injection from the left filament. Based on the Hα observations, we have created a sketch for understanding the interactions between two filaments and accompanying activities. The traditional theory of filament merger requires that the filaments share the same filament channel and that the reconnection occurs between the two heads, as simulated by DeVore, Antiochos, and Aulanier (Astrophys. J. 629, 1122, 2005; 646, 1349, 2006). Our interpretation is that the external bodily magnetic reconnection between flux ropes of the same chirality is another possible way for two filament bodies to coalesce. Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.  相似文献   

Observations of vector magnetic fields in flaring active regions     

Jimin Chen  Haimin Wang  Harold Zirin  Guoxiang Ai 《Solar physics》1994,154(2):261-273

We present vector magnetograph data of 6 active regions, all of which produced major flares. Of the 20 M-class (or above) flares, 7 satisfy the flare conditions prescribed by Hagyard (high shear and strong transverse fields). Strong photospheric shear, however, is not necessarily a condition for a flare. We find an increase in the shear for two flares, a 6-deg shear increase along the neutral line after a X-2 flare and a 13-deg increase after a M-1.9 flare. For other flares, we did not detect substantial shear changes.Visiting Associate from Beijing Astronomical Observatory, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080, China.  相似文献   

Magnetic Flux Cancellation Observed in the Sunspot Moat     

Yurchyshyn  Vasyl B.  Wang  Haimin 《Solar physics》2001,202(2):309-318

In this paper we study the evolution of magnetic fields of a 1F/2.4C solar flare and following magnetic flux cancellation. The data are Big Bear Solar Observatory and SOHO/MDI observations of active region NOAA 8375. The active region produced a multitude of subflares, many of them being clustered along the moat boundary in the area with mixed polarity magnetic fields. The study indicates a possible connection between the flare and the flux cancellation. The cancellation rate, defined from the data, was found to be 3×10¹⁹ Mx h^–1. We observed strong upward directed plasma flows at the cancellation site. Suggesting that the cancellation is a result of reconnection process, we also found a reconnection rate of 0.5 km s^–1, which is a significant fraction of Alfvén speed. The reconnection rate indicates a regime of fast photospheric reconnection happening during the cancellation.  相似文献   

Periodic Motion Along Solar Filaments     

Ju Jing  Jeongwoo Lee  Thomas J. Spirock  Haimin Wang 《Solar physics》2006,236(1):97-109

We present observations of four filaments that exhibit large-amplitude periodic mass motion. Observations are obtained using the high resolution (2″) and high cadence (1 min) Hα telescope system at the Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). The motions found in these events are along the axis of the filaments, and are associated with the activity of a nearby flare or filament. The most characteristic properties of these motions are long period (≥ q80 min), large distance (≥ q 4 × 10⁴ km) of mass transport at much higher velocity (≥ q 30 km s⁻¹) than ever detected from filament motions. The velocity, period, dimension and damping timescale measured for these motions are presented, and discussed to identify the most plausible restoring force and damping mechanism.  相似文献   

Evidence of two-stage magnetic reconnection in the 2005 January 15 X2.6 flare     

Pu Wang  Yixuan Li  Mingde Ding  Haisheng Ji  Haimin Wang 《New Astronomy》2011,16(7):470-476

We analyze in detail the X2.6 flare that occurred on 2005 January 15 in the NOAA AR 10720 using multiwavelength observations. There are several interesting properties of the flare that reveal possible two-stage magnetic reconnection similar to that in the physical picture of tether-cutting, where the magnetic fields of two separate loop systems reconnect at the flare core region, and subsequently a large flux rope forms, erupts, and breaks open the overlying arcade fields. The observed manifestations include: (1) remote Hα brightenings appear minutes before the main phase of the flare; (2) separation of the flare ribbons has a slow and a fast phase, and the flare hard X-ray emission appears in the later fast phase; (3) rapid transverse field enhancement near the magnetic polarity inversion line (PIL) is found to be associated with the flare. We conclude that the flare occurrence fits the tether-cutting reconnection picture in a special way, in which there are three flare ribbons outlining the sigmoid configuration. We also discuss this event in the context of what was predicted by Hudson et al. (2008), where the Lorentz force near the flaring PIL drops after the flare and consequently the magnetic field lines there turn to be more horizontal as we observed.  相似文献   

Fascaplysin sensitizes cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through upregulating DR5 expression     

王峰  陈海敏  严小军  郑艳玲 《中国海洋湖沼学报》2013,31(3):560-569

This study investigated the molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of fascaplysin, a nitrogenous red pigment firstly isolated from a marine sponge. Microarray analysis show that the TNF and TNF receptor superfamily in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and human hepatocarcinoma cells (BEL-7402) were significantly regulated by fascaplysin. Western Blot results reveal that fascaplysin increased the expression of cleaved caspase-9, active caspase-3, and decreased the level of procaspase-8 and Bid. Flow cytometry and cytotoxicity tests indicate that fascaplysin sensitized cells to tumor necrosis-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-(TRAIL) induced apoptosis, which was markedly blocked by TRAIL R2/Fc chimera, a dominant negative form of TRAIL receptor DR5. Therefore, our results demonstrate that fascaplysin promotes apoptosis through the activation of TRAIL signaling pathway by upregulating DR5 expression.  相似文献   

琼胶寡糖聚合度对坛紫菜抗性诱导的影响   总被引：2，自引：1，他引：1  

朱竹君  骆其君  严小军  杨锐  何山  陈海敏 《海洋学报》2012,34(6):205-209

研究了琼胶寡糖聚合度对坛紫菜抗性诱导的效应。以琼胶3,6和12糖,3种聚合度的琼胶寡糖为材料,处理坛紫菜,通过观察叶片腐烂率比较坛紫菜生长状态;利用透射电镜观察处理后的细胞亚显微结构变化;并检测坛紫菜附生菌的数量变化;以对羟基苯乙酸(POHPAA)化学发光法检测坛紫菜H₂O₂释放量;利用实时定量PCR检测坛紫菜NADPH氧化酶基因(Phrboh)的差异表达。结果表明,经琼胶3糖和6糖处理,坛紫菜的Phboh表达出现上调,并产生H₂O₂暴发。经两种琼胶寡糖处理后,坛紫菜的附生菌数量明显减少,其中以琼胶6糖的效果最好,在较长培养时间内,坛紫菜能保护自身细胞亚显微结构的完整性,维持良好的生长状态。而琼胶12糖没发现任何诱导作用。综上所述,聚合度为3和6的琼胶寡糖能诱导坛紫菜的抗性响应,特别是形成单个螺旋结构的琼胶6糖的诱导作用最明显,但聚合度较大的琼胶寡糖则不能。  相似文献   

The evolution of vector magnetic field associated with major flares in NOAA AR10656     

Shuo Wang  Yuanyong Deng  Rajmal Jain  Vasyl Yurchyshyn  Haimin Wang  Yuanyuan Liu  Zhiliang Yang 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2008,29(1-2):57-61

In this paper, we study the evolution of vector magnetic field of AR 10656 by using the observations of Huairou Solar Observing Station (HSOS, China) and Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO, USA). The magnetic flux emergence and cancellation, and thus, magnetic nonpotential changes, are associated with the major flares in this active region. Compared with some other super-active regions, the evolution of magnetic morphologies and non-potentialities are relatively gradual, and thus the energy transportation and release are relatively slow. This gradual process may result in the recurrent flares of AR 10656.  相似文献