Back Reaction of the Untwisting Solar Corona Scars Sunspots
The evolution of magnetic fields in the tenuous solar corona is predominantly governed by the motions of the underlying dense photosphere. Despite, coronal magnetic restructuring driven by magnetic reconnection between interacting coronal fields can sometimes react backwards to change photospheric magnetic fields. However, the mechanism of reactions remains undetermined. Here, we report the discovery of a back-reaction phenomenon: the untwisting of coronal loops that become twisted during reconnection in an eruption results in enhanced currents at the boundary of their footpoint away from the eruption, manifesting as the growth of a sunspot scar. It is revealed to arise from the Alfvenic reverse transfer of magnetic twist from the corona to the lower atmosphere, thanks to joint space observations and a magnetohydrodynamics simulation. These findings provide a viable and quantitative interpretation for the majority of puzzling photospheric changes associated with coronal mass ejections and/or flares and warn for unexpected magnetic field evolutions in sunspots and starspots.
展开 ▾解扭太阳日冕对太阳黑子疤痕的反作用 · 通过联合观测和MHD模拟,发现日冕环扭转解扭时会在远离爆发的足点边界增强电流并形成太阳黑子疤痕,源于磁扭转的阿尔芬反向传输。
预印本 2026-07-30 · 接收 2026-06-12 · 刊出 2026-07-23 · 收录 2026-07-31