Strongly Blueshifted Phenomena Observed with Hinode EIS in the 2006 December 13 Solar Flare
Culhane, J. L.; Hara, Hirohisa; Narukage, Noriyuki; Sakao, Taro; Watanabe, Tetsuya; Doschek, G. A.; Asai, Ayumi; Imada, Shinsuke
Japan, United Kingdom, United States
Abstract
We present a detailed examination of strongly blueshifted emission lines observed with the EUV Imaging Spectrometer on board the Hinode satellite. We found two kinds of blueshifted phenomenon associated with the X3.4 flare that occurred on 2006 December 13. One was related to a plasmoid ejection seen in soft X-rays. It was very bright in all the lines used for the observations. The other was associated with the faint arc-shaped ejection seen in soft X-rays. The soft X-ray ejection is thought to be a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) fast-mode shock wave. This is therefore the first spectroscopic observation of an MHD fast-mode shock wave associated with a flare.