Two-sided Loop Solar Jet Driven by the Eruption of a Small Filament in a Big Filament Channel

Abstract

Similar to the cases of anemone jets, two-sided loop solar jets can also be produced by either flux emergence from the solar interior or small-scale filament eruptions. Using high-quality data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory, we have analyzed a two-sided loop solar jet triggered by the eruption of a small filament. The jet occurred in a pre-existing big filament channel. The detailed processes involved in the eruption of the small filament, the interaction between the erupted filament and the big filament channel, and the launch of the two-sided loop jet are presented. The observations further revealed notable asymmetry between the two branches of the jet spire: the northeastern branch is narrow and short, while the southern branch is wide and long and accompanied by discernible untwisting motions. We explored the unique appearance of the jet by employing the method of local potential field extrapolation to calculate the coronal magnetic field configuration around the jet. The photospheric magnetic flux below the small filament underwent cancellation for approximately 7 hr before the filament eruption, and the negative flux near the southern footpoint of the filament decreased by about 56% during this interval. Therefore, we propose that the primary photospheric driver of the filament eruption and the associated two-sided loop jet in this event is flux cancellation rather than flux emergence.