Multi-wavelength synthesis of a flux rope-trapped mini-prominence eruption and post-flare coronal rain

arXiv:2608.06478 · astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph · Submitted 2026-08-06 · Read on arXiv

astro-ph.SR, physics.plasm-ph

Submitted: 2026-08-06

Updated: 2026-09-01

Comments: Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics journal. The animations corresponding to the figures 3, 4 and 7 are available from the lead author on reasonable request

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The gist: Small-scale eruptive phenomena in the solar corona including miniature flux ropes and associated cool plasma condensations are not fully understood despite increasing high-resolution observations.

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Abstract

Small-scale eruptive phenomena in the solar corona including miniature flux ropes and associated cool plasma condensations are not fully understood despite increasing high-resolution observations. We perform forward modeling based on a 2.5D MHD simulation capturing homologous flux rope eruptions, in-situ condensation leading to a mini-prominence, and subsequent post-flare coronal rain. Synthetic diagnostics are obtained using optically-thin EUV and UV emissions, and non-LTE radiative transfer treatment for the H alpha line. The synthetic EUV emission reveals the flux ropes as bright rim-like structures. The corresponding UV diagnostic shows bright region, which is co-spatial with the dark core due to embedded cool plasma (about tens of kK) inside the flux rope, identifying an erupting mini-prominence. Spectral synthesis of Si IV 1402.77 A indicates an upward motion of the mini-filament, and reveals the presence of two predominant velocity components during eruption. At a later stage, thermal instability in post-flare arcades produces coronal rain with temperatures of about 10 4 K. The EUV diagnostics reveal brightening at the downstream of the rain blob, indicating localized heating associated with compressional effects. The H alpha spectral synthesis shows enhanced absorption signatures and red-shifted profiles corresponding to downflows of the coronal rain blobs up to about 23 km s-1, whereas the Si IV 1402.77 A spectral profile shows the maximum downflow velocity of about50 km s-1, highlighting the evidence of thermodynamic and kinematic structuring within the falling rain blobs. The synthetic diagnostics provide clear, multi-wavelength signatures that can guide future high-resolution observations, and highlight the importance of small-scale reconnection-driven processes in shaping the multi-thermal structure (between MK to kK) of the solar corona.

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