Helical kink instability in the confined solar eruption on 2002 May 27. Issue 10 (November 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Hassanin, A.; Kliem, B.; Seehafer, N.
• Other Names: Denker C. sponsoringEditor.; Louis R. sponsoringEditor.; Mann G. sponsoringEditor.
• Is Part Of: Astronomische Nachrichten. Volume 337:Issue 10(2016)
• Page Start: 1082
• Page End: 1089
• Publication Date: 2016-11
• Subjects: instabilities -- magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) -- Sun: corona -- Sun: coronal mass ejections (CMEs) -- Sun: flares; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520.5
• DOI: 10.1002/asna.201612446
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0004-6337

Abstract

Abstract: This paper presents an improved MHD modeling of the confined filament eruption in solar active region NOAA 9957 on 2002 May 27 by extending the parametric studies of the event in Török & Kliem (2005) and Hassanin & Kliem (2016). Here the initial flux rope equilibrium is chosen to possess a small apex height identical to the observed initial filament height, which implies a more realistic inclusion of the photospheric line tying. The model matches the observations as closely as in the preceding studies, with the closest agreement again being obtained for an initial average flux rope twist of about 4π. Thus, the model for strongly writhing confined solar eruptions, which assumes that a kink‐unstable flux rope in the stability domain of the torus instability exists at the onset of the eruption's main acceleration phase, is further substantiated. (© 2016 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)