The association of a J -burst with a solar jet

D. E. Morosan (1) , P. T Gallagher (1) , R. A. Fallows (2) , H. Reid (3) , G. Mann (4) , M. M. Bisi (5) , J. Magdalenić (6) , H. O. Rucker (7) , B. Thidé (8) , C. Vocks (4) , J. Anderson (9) , A. Asgekar (2) , I. M. Avruch (10) , M. E Bell (11) , M. J. Bentum (2) , P. Best (12) , R. Blaauw (2) , A. Bonafede (13) , F. Breitling (4) , J. W. Broderick (2) , M. Brüggen (14) , L. Cerrigone (2) , B. Ciardi (15) , E. de Geus (2) , S. Duscha (2) , J. Eislöffel (16) , H. Falcke (2) , M. A. Garrett (2) , Jean-Mathias Griessmeier (17, 18) , A. W. Gunst (2) , M. Hoeft (16) , M. Iacobelli (19) , E. Juette (20) , G. Kuper (2) , R. Mcfadden (2) , D. Mckay-Bukowski (21) , J. P. Mckean (2) , D. D. Mulcahy (15) , H. Munk (2) , A. Nelles (22) , E. Orru (2) , H. Paas (2) , M Pandey-Pommier (23) , V. N. Pandey (2) , R. Pizzo (2) , A. G. Polatidis (2) , W. Reich (24) , D. J. Schwarz (25) , J. Sluman (2) , O. Smirnov (26) , M. Steinmetz (27) , Michel Tagger (17) , S. ter Veen (2) , S. Thoudam (22) , M. C. Toribio (2) , R. Vermeulen (2) , R. J. van Weeren (28) , O. Wucknitz (24) , P. Zarka (29, 18)

1 Trinity College Dublin
2 ASTRON - Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
3 SUPA School of Physics and Astronomy [Glasgow]
4 AIP - Leibniz-Institut für Astrophysik Potsdam
5 RAL - STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
6 ROB - Royal Observatory of Belgium [Brussels]
7 OeAW - Austrian Academy of Sciences
8 IRF - Swedish Institute of Space Physics [Uppsala]
9 GFZ - GeoForschungsZentrum - Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam
10 Kapteyn Astronomical Institute [Groningen]
11 CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science
12 ROE - Royal Observatory Edinburgh
13 Jacobs University [Bremen]
14 UHH - Universität Hamburg
15 MPA - Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
16 TLS - Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg
17 LPC2E - Laboratoire de Physique et Chimie de l'Environnement et de l'Espace
18 USN - Unité Scientifique de la Station de Nançay
19 Leiden Observatory [Leiden]
20 Ruhr-Universität Bochum [Bochum]
21 University of Oulu
22 Radboud University [Nijmegen]
23 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
24 MPIFR - Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
25 Universität Bielefeld
26 Rhodes University, Grahamstown
27 DSMZ - Leibniz-Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH / Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures
28 CfA - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
29 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique

Context. The Sun is an active star that produces large-scale energetic events such as solar flares and coronal mass ejections, and numerous smaller scale events such as solar jets. These events are often associated with accelerated particles that can cause emission at radio wavelengths. The reconfiguration of the solar magnetic field in the corona is believed to be the cause of the majority of solar energetic events and accelerated particles. Aims. Here, we investigate a bright J-burst that was associated with a solar jet and the possible emission mechanism causing these two phenomena. Methods. We used data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) to observe a solar jet and radio data from the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) and the Nancay Radioheliograph (NRH) to observe a J-burst over a broad frequency range (33-173 MHz) on 9 July 2013 at similar to 11:06 UT. Results. The J-burst showed fundamental and harmonic components and was associated with a solar jet observed at extreme ultraviolet wavelengths with SDO. The solar jet occurred in the northern hemisphere at a time and location coincident with the radio burst and not inside a group of complex active regions in the southern hemisphere. The jet occurred in the negative polarity region of an area of bipolar plage. Newly emerged positive flux in this region appeared to be the trigger of the jet. Conclusions. Magnetic reconnection between the overlying coronal field lines and the newly emerged positive field lines is most likely the cause of the solar jet. Radio imaging provides a clear association between the jet and the J-burst, which shows the path of the accelerated electrons. These electrons travelled from a region in the vicinity of the solar jet along closed magnetic field lines up to the top of a closed magnetic loop at a height of similar to 360 Mm. Such small-scale complex eruptive events arising from magnetic reconnection could facilitate accelerated electrons to produce continuously the large numbers of Type III bursts observed at low frequencies, in a similar way to the J-burst analysed here.

Keywords: Sun: radio radiation; Sun: corona; Sun: particle emission; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: radio radiation

Domains: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics [astro-ph.SR]

D. E. Morosan, P. T Gallagher, R. A. Fallows, H. Reid, G. Mann, et al.. The association of a J -burst with a solar jet. Astronomy and Astrophysics - A&A, 2017, 606 (A81), ⟨10.1051/0004-6361/201629996⟩. ⟨insu-01629172⟩