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Cheng X, Priest ER, Li HT, Chen J, Aulanier G, Chitta LP, Wang YL, Peter H, Zhu XS, Xing C, Ding MD, Solanki SK, Berghmans D, Teriaca L, Aznar Cuadrado R, Zhukov AN, Guo Y, Long D, Harra L, Smith PJ, Rodriguez L, Verbeeck C, Barczynski K, Parenti S. Author Correction: Ultra-high-resolution observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the solar corona. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2372. [PMID: 37185588 PMCID: PMC10130028 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-38149-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023] Open
Affiliation(s)
- X Cheng
- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China.
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland, UK
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CNRS, Laboratory for Plasma Physics (LPP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
- Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Universitetet i Oslo, P.O. Box 1029, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CNRS, Laboratory for Plasma Physics (LPP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
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- PMOD/WRC, Dorfstrasse 33, CH-7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
- ETH-Zürich, Wolfang-Pauli-Strasse 27, HIT J 22.4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- ETH-Zürich, Wolfang-Pauli-Strasse 27, HIT J 22.4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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Cheng X, Priest ER, Li HT, Chen J, Aulanier G, Chitta LP, Wang YL, Peter H, Zhu XS, Xing C, Ding MD, Solanki SK, Berghmans D, Teriaca L, Aznar Cuadrado R, Zhukov AN, Guo Y, Long D, Harra L, Smith PJ, Rodriguez L, Verbeeck C, Barczynski K, Parenti S. Ultra-high-resolution observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the solar corona. Nat Commun 2023; 14:2107. [PMID: 37055427 PMCID: PMC10102217 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37888-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 03/30/2023] [Indexed: 04/15/2023] Open
Abstract
Magnetic reconnection is a key mechanism involved in solar eruptions and is also a prime possibility to heat the low corona to millions of degrees. Here, we present ultra-high-resolution extreme ultraviolet observations of persistent null-point reconnection in the corona at a scale of about 390 km over one hour observations of the Extreme-Ultraviolet Imager on board Solar Orbiter spacecraft. The observations show formation of a null-point configuration above a minor positive polarity embedded within a region of dominant negative polarity near a sunspot. The gentle phase of the persistent null-point reconnection is evidenced by sustained point-like high-temperature plasma (about 10 MK) near the null-point and constant outflow blobs not only along the outer spine but also along the fan surface. The blobs appear at a higher frequency than previously observed with an average velocity of about 80 km s-1 and life-times of about 40 s. The null-point reconnection also occurs explosively but only for 4 minutes, its coupling with a mini-filament eruption generates a spiral jet. These results suggest that magnetic reconnection, at previously unresolved scales, proceeds continually in a gentle and/or explosive way to persistently transfer mass and energy to the overlying corona.
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Affiliation(s)
- X Cheng
- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China.
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany.
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China.
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- School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, Fife, KY16 9SS, Scotland, UK
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CNRS, Laboratory for Plasma Physics (LPP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
- Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics, Universitetet i Oslo, P.O. Box 1029, Blindern, 0315, Oslo, Norway
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- State Key Laboratory of Space Weather, National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Sorbonne Université, Observatoire de Paris - PSL, École Polytechnique, IP Paris, CNRS, Laboratory for Plasma Physics (LPP), 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France
| | - M D Ding
- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
| | - L Teriaca
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
| | - R Aznar Cuadrado
- Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, 37077, Göttingen, Germany
| | - A N Zhukov
- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
- Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics, Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia
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- School of Astronomy and Space Science, Nanjing University, 210093, Nanjing, China
- Key Laboratory of Modern Astronomy and Astrophysics (Nanjing University), Ministry of Education, 210093, Nanjing, China
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
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- PMOD/WRC, Dorfstrasse 33, CH-7260, Davos Dorf, Switzerland
- ETH-Zürich, Wolfang-Pauli-Strasse 27, HIT J 22.4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- Solar-Terrestrial Centre of Excellence - SIDC, Royal Observatory of Belgium, Ringlaan -3- Av. Circulaire, 1180, Brussels, Belgium
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- ETH-Zürich, Wolfang-Pauli-Strasse 27, HIT J 22.4, 8093, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Institut d'Astrophysique Spatiale, Université Paris-Saclay, 91405, Orsay Cedex, France
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