A Solar Coronal Jet Event Triggers A Coronal Mass Ejection

TL;DR

This study combines multi-wavelength observations and modeling to demonstrate that a solar coronal jet can trigger a coronal mass ejection, revealing new insights into their interconnected mechanisms and magnetic reconnection processes.

Contribution

It provides the first detailed 3D observation of large-scale jet reconnection and proposes a mechanism linking jets to CMEs, enhancing understanding of solar eruption triggers.

Findings

CME propagated at over 1000 km/s.

Jet eruption preceded and shared the same source as the CME.

Magnetic reconnection observed in 3D configuration.

Abstract

We present the multi-point and multi-wavelength observation and analysis on a solar coronal jet and coronal mass ejection (CME) event in this paper. Employing the GCS model, we obtained the real (three-dimensional) heliocentric distance and direction of the CME and found it propagate in a high speed over 1000 km/s . The jet erupted before and shared the same source region with the CME. The temporal and spacial relation- ship between them guide us the possibility that the jet triggered the CME and became its core. This scenario could promisingly enrich our understanding on the triggering mechanism of coronal mass ejections and their relations with coronal large-scale jets. On the other hand, the magnetic field configuration of the source region observed by the SDO/HMI instrument and the off- limb inverse Y-shaped configuration observed by SDO/AIA 171 A passband, together provide the first detailed observation on the three-dimensional reconnection process of large-scale jets as simulated in Pariat et al. 2009. The erupting process of the jet highlights that filament-like materials are important during the eruption not only of small-scale X-ray jets (Sterling et al. 2015) but also probably of large-scale EUV jets. Based on our observation and analysis, we propose a most possible mechanism for the whole event with a blob structure overlaying the three-dimensional structure of the jet to describe the interaction between the jet and the CME.