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We analyzed Interface-Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) and Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (SDO/AIA) observations of a small coronal jet that occurred at the solar west limb on 29 August 2014. The jet source region, a small bright point, was located at an active-region periphery and contained a fan-spine topology with a mini-filament. Our analysis has identified key features and timings that motivated the following interpretation of this event. As the stressed core flux rises, a current sheet forms beneath it; the ensuing reconnection forms a flux rope above a flare arcade. When the rising filament-carrying flux rope reaches the stressed null, it triggers a jet via explosive interchange (breakout) reconnection. During the flux-rope interaction with the external magnetic field, we observed brightening above the filament and within the dome, along with a growing flare arcade. EUV images reveal quasi-periodic ejections throughout the jet duration with a dominant period of 4 minutes, similar to coronal jetlets and larger jets. We conclude that these observations are consistent with the magnetic breakout model for coronal jets.
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We gratefully acknowledge the reviewer for their constructive comments that improved the manuscript. IRIS is a NASA Small Explorer mission developed and operated by LMSAL with mission operations executed at NASA Ames Research Center and major contributions to downlink communications funded by ESA and the Norwegian Space Center. SDO observations are courtesy of NASA’s SDO and the AIA and HMI science teams. The authors thank P. Wyper for valuable discussions. Wavelet software was provided by C. Torrence and G. Compo, and is available at http://paos.colorado.edu/research/wavelets/. Magnetic-field extrapolation was visualized with VAPOR (www.vapor.ucar.edu), a product of the Computational Information Systems Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research.
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This research was supported by NASA’s Heliophysics Guest Investigator (#80NSSC20K0265), supporting research (#80NSSC24K0264), GSFC Internal Scientist Funding Model (H-ISFM) programs, and the NSF SHINE program (Award Number #2229336).
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Kayshap, P., Karpen, J.T. & Kumar, P. Multiwavelength Observations of a Breakout Jet at an Active Region Periphery. Sol Phys 299, 88 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-024-02315-w
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