XRT and EIS Observations of Reconnection Associated Phenomena

D. Shiota, H. Isobe, D.H. Brooks, P.F. Chen, and K. Shibata

Magnetic reconnection is widely believed to play an important role in various solar activities such as solar flares, because Yohkoh has observed many peices of evidence for reconnection. However, most of that evidence is indirect and the theory of magnetic reconnection has not been established. Hence our understanding of reconnection is incomplete. Imaging and spectroscopic observations with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) and X-ray Telescope (XRT), the new instruments aboard Solar-B, will obtain physical quantities and the spatial structure of the different temperature solar plasmas. This will improve our understanding of the basic processes of magnetic reconnection in the solar atmosphere. In this paper, we present predicted EIS and XRT observations, which are synthesized from the results of 2.5-D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a coronal mass ejection and a cusp-shaped arcade, and examine how the reconnection associated phenomena can be observed.

Correspondence

Daiko Shiota (shiota@kwasan.kyoto-u.ac.jp), Kwasan and Hida Observatories, Kyoto University

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