On the Determining Physical Factor of Jet-Related Coronal Mass Ejection's Morphology in the High Corona

TL;DR

This study investigates the physical factors influencing the morphology of jet-related CMEs in the high corona, revealing that filament length and magnetic null point height are key determinants.

Contribution

The paper provides a statistical analysis linking CME morphology to magnetic topology and filament properties using high-resolution stereoscopic observations.

Findings

All CMEs involved filament-driven blowout jets and Type III radio bursts.

Twin CMEs' bubble components relate to closed-loop expansion near fan-spine structures.

Jet-like CMEs result from plasma extension along open magnetic fields.

Abstract

A solar jet can often cause coronal mass ejections (CMEs) with different morphologies in the high corona, for example, jet-like CMEs, bubble-like CMEs, and so-called twin CMEs that include a pair of simultaneous jet-like and bubble-like CMEs. However, what determines the morphology of a jet-related CME is still an open question. Using high spatiotemporal resolution stereoscopic observations taken by the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) from October 2010 to December 2012, we performed a statistical study of jet-related CMEs to study the potential physical factors that determine the morphology of CMEs in the outer corona. Our statistical sample includes 16 jet-related CME events of which 7 are twin CME events and 9 are jet-like narrow CMEs. We find that all CMEs in our sample were accompanied by filament-driven blowout jets and Type III radio bursts during their initial formation and involved magnetic reconnection between filament channels and the surrounding magnetic fields. Most of our cases occurred in a fan-spine magnetic configuration. Our study suggests that the bubble-like components of twin CMEs lacking an obvious core are related to the expansion of the closed-loop systems next to the fan-spine topology, while the jet-like component is from the coronal extension of the jet plasma along open fields. Based on the statistical results, we conclude that the morphology of jet-related CMEs in the high corona may be related to the filament length and the initial magnetic null point height of the fan-spine structures.