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American Astronomical Society, Astrophysical Journal, 1(735), p. 43, 2011

DOI: 10.1088/0004-637x/735/1/43

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Coronal jets, magnetic topologies, and the production of interplanetary electron streams

Journal article published in 2011 by C. Li, S. A. Matthews ORCID, L. van Driel-Gesztelyi, J. Sun, and C. J. Owen ORCID
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

We investigate the acceleration source of the impulsive solar energetic particle (SEP) events on 2007 January 24. Combining the in situ electron measurements and remote-sensing solar observations, as well as the calculated magnetic fields obtained from a potential-field source-surface model, we demonstrate that the jets associated with the hard X-ray flares and type-III radio bursts, rather than the slow and partial coronal mass ejections, are closely related to the production of interplanetary electron streams. The jets, originated from the well-connected active region (AR 10939) whose magnetic polarity structure favors the eruption, are observed to be forming in a coronal site, extending to a few solar radii, and having a good temporal correlation with the electron solar release. The open-field lines near the jet site are rooted in a negative polarity, along which energetic particles escape from the flaring AR to the near-Earth space, consistent with the in situ electron pitch angle distribution. The analysis enables us to propose a coronal magnetic topology relating the impulsive SEP events to their solar source.