A coronal wave as CME footprint

Abstract

I report a coronal wave observed in Fexii, soft X-ray, and Halpha on November 6, 2006, jointly with a CME and a flare to show the spatial and temporal relation of the wave and the CME. I also take advantage of the spectral resolution of the wave to obtain an approximation of its temperature. Finally, I compare the magnetic field topology to the wave location. The observations in two band passes show bright fronts that are co-spatial when observed at the same time, therefore I believe that the same wave is observed in different band passes. The wave front is not observable in Halpha, but just in Fexii and in soft X-ray, indicating that the temperature of the wave front is slightly higher than the chromospheric temperature. The ratio of emission through two SXI filters gives a temperature of 7 10^6 K for the wave front. The northern-most edge of the CME footprint related to this wave corresponds to the last location of the wave on the limb. The image processing reveals stationary brightenings produced on the passage of the wave front. The potential spherical extrapolation of the sun shows that those stationary brightenings are lying in jumps of magnetic field lines connectivity.