CME-Driven and Flare-Ignited Fast Magnetosonic Waves Detected in a Solar Eruption

Abstract

We present Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) observation of three types of fast-mode, propagating, magnetosonic waves in a GOES C3.0 flare on 23 April 2013, which was accompanied by a prominence eruption and a broad coronal mass ejection (CME). During the fast-rising phase of the prominence, a large-scale, dome-shaped, extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wave firstly formed ahead of the CME bubble and propagated at a speed of about 430 km s−1 in the CME’s lateral direction. One can identify the separation process of the EUV wave from the CME bubble. The reflection effect of the on-disk counterpart of this EUV wave was also observed when it interacted with a remote active region. Six minutes after the first appearance of the EUV wave, a large-scale, quasi-periodic EUV train with a period of about 120 seconds, which emanated from the flare epicenter and propagated outward at an average speed up to 1100 km s−1, appeared inside the CME bubble. In addition, another narrow, quasi-periodic EUV wave train, which also emanated from the flare epicenter, propagated at a speed of about 475 km s−1 and with a period of about 110 seconds, was observed along a closed-loop system connecting two adjacent active regions. We propose that all of the observed waves are fast-mode magnetosonic waves, in which the large-scale, dome-shaped EUV wave ahead of the CME bubble was driven by the expansion of the CME bubble, while the large-scale, quasi-periodic EUV train within the CME bubble and the narrow quasi-periodic EUV wave train along the closed-loop system were excited by the intermittent energy-releasing process in the flare. Coronal seismology application and energy carried by the waves are also estimated based on the measured wave parameters.