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CME Eruption Onset Observations from EIT and SXTWhy CMEs erupt is a major outstanding puzzle of solar physics. Signatures observable at the earliest stages of eruption onset may hold precious clues about the onset mechanism. We present observations in EUV from SOHO/EIT and in soft X-rays from Yohkoh/SXT of the re-eruption and eruption phases of CME expulsion, along with the eruption's magnetic setting found from SOHO/MDI magnetograms. Most of our events involve clearly-observable filament eruptions and multiple neutral lines, and we use the magnetic settings and motions of the filaments to help infer the geometry and behavior of the associated erupting magnetic fields. Pre-eruption and early-eruption signatures include a relatively slow filament rise prior to eruption, and intensity "dimmings" and brightenings, both in the immediate neighborhood of the "core" (location of greatest magnetic shear) of the erupting fields and at locations remote from the core. These signatures and their relative timings place observational constraints on eruption mechanisms; our recent work has focused on implications for the so-called "tether cutting" and "breakout" models, but the same observational constraints are applicable to any model.
Document ID
20040085914
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Sterling, A. C.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Solar, Heliosphere and Interplanetary Workshop
Location: Big Sky, MT
Country: United States
Start Date: June 28, 2004
End Date: July 1, 2004
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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