Dynamic processes in an active region in the initial and impulsive phases of the eruptive flare event on June 7, 2011

Abstract

We present the results of an analysis of Hα monochromatic and spectral observations obtained at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory for an impressive filament eruption during a flare occurred on June 7, 2011. Our ground-based observations are combined with data acquired by multiple instruments onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA, SDO/HMI). The evolution and dynamics of the eruptive process, the cause of eruption, the structure of the line-of-sight velocity field and fine internal structure of the eruptive filament are studied and a number of physical parameters of the eruptive filament are determined. The results of the analysis have shown that: 1) The evolution of the filament eruption consists of two phases: the slow-rise phase, which began about two hours before the flare onset, and the fast-rise phase, which began almost simultaneously with the flare onset. 2) The eruptive filament had a very complex internal structure and complicated line-of-sight velocity field. The filament does not erupt as a single structure. Several discrete massive absorption fragments are seen with a large number of fine-structure elements inside fragments with different velocities, as well as many plasma blobs that detach from the fragments. 3) The motion of the filament fragments is a combination of rotational motion around the axis of the fragment and a movement as a whole towards the observer. The velocities of such plasma motions are determined. 4) Hα line profiles show a large variety of contrast values, Doppler half-widths and Doppler shifts in eruptive filament elements.