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Long-Lived AR Jets on 2011/10/31
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On 2011/10/31, XRT observed an unusual series of jets from NOAA active region 11330. One of the early results from Hinode/XRT was a newly apparent perponderance of x-ray jets near the poles, and jets have been the focus of several previous "Picture of the Week" installments: 2011/05/01, 2009/12/05, 2008/02/07, 2008/03/17, 2007/03/11, 2007/04/24. These features are thought to be streams of plasma escaping the sun along open magnetic field lines after an interaction between the open line and a small loop nearer the surface, though the physics is not fully understood. What makes this event unusual is that the jets persist for so long in one location. The attached movie shows jets in one spot for around four hours between 13:40 and 17:50 UT. Keywords: Jet Filters: Ti_poly |
(Prepared by Patrick McCauley)
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