Mass and energy of erupting plasma associated with a coronal mass ejection in X-rays and EUV

  • Lee, Jin-Yi (Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Raymond, John C. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) ;
  • Reeves, Katharine K. (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics) ;
  • Moon, Yong-Jae (Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Kim, Kap-Sung (Kyung Hee University)
  • Published : 2015.04.10

Abstract

We investigate the mass and energy of erupting plasma observed in X-rays and EUV, which is associated with a coronal mass ejection (CME) and an X-class flare. The erupting plasma was observed by both the X-ray telescope (XRT) on Hinode and the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) on Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO). We estimate the emission measures of the erupting plasma using a differential emission measure method. The plasma erupts with a loop-like structure in X-ray and EUV. We estimate the mass of erupting plasma assuming a cylinder structure. In addition, we estimate the radiative loss, thermal conduction, thermal, and kinetic energies of the eruptive hot plasma. We find that the thermal conduction timescale is much shorter than the duration of the eruption. This result implies that additional heating during the eruption may be required to explain the hot plasma observations in X-rays.

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