Spectral evolution of an eruptive polar crown prominence with IRIS observations. (arXiv:2109.02908v2 [astro-ph.SR] UPDATED)
<a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Xue_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jianchao Xue</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Li_H/0/1/0/all/0/1">Hui Li</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Su_Y/0/1/0/all/0/1">Yang Su</a>

Prominence eruption is closely related to coronal mass ejections and is an
important topic in solar physics. Spectroscopic observation is an effective way
to explore the plasma properties, but the spectral observations of eruptive
prominences are rare. In this paper we will introduce an eruptive polar crown
prominence with spectral observations from the Interface Region Imaging
Spectrograph (IRIS), and try to explain some phenomena that are rarely reported
in previous works. The eruptive prominence experiences a slow-rise and
fast-rise phase, while the line-of-sight motions of the prominence plasma could
be divided into three periods: two hours before the fast-rise phase, opposite
Doppler shifts are found at the two sides of the prominence axis;then, red
shifts dominate the prominence gradually; in the fast-rise phase, the
prominence gets to be blue-shifted. During the second period, a faint component
appears in Mg II k window with a narrow line width and a large red shift. A
faint region is also found in AIA 304-angstrom images along the prominence
spine, and the faint region gets darker during the expansion of the spine. We
propose that the opposite Doppler shifts in the first period are a feature of
the polar crown prominence that we studied. The red shifts in the second period
are possibly due to mass drainage during the elevation of the prominence spine,
which could accelerate the eruption in return. The blue shifts in the third
period are due to that the prominence erupts toward the observer. We suggest
that the faint component appears due to the decreasing of the plasma density,
and the latter results from the expansion of the prominence spine.

Prominence eruption is closely related to coronal mass ejections and is an
important topic in solar physics. Spectroscopic observation is an effective way
to explore the plasma properties, but the spectral observations of eruptive
prominences are rare. In this paper we will introduce an eruptive polar crown
prominence with spectral observations from the Interface Region Imaging
Spectrograph (IRIS), and try to explain some phenomena that are rarely reported
in previous works. The eruptive prominence experiences a slow-rise and
fast-rise phase, while the line-of-sight motions of the prominence plasma could
be divided into three periods: two hours before the fast-rise phase, opposite
Doppler shifts are found at the two sides of the prominence axis;then, red
shifts dominate the prominence gradually; in the fast-rise phase, the
prominence gets to be blue-shifted. During the second period, a faint component
appears in Mg II k window with a narrow line width and a large red shift. A
faint region is also found in AIA 304-angstrom images along the prominence
spine, and the faint region gets darker during the expansion of the spine. We
propose that the opposite Doppler shifts in the first period are a feature of
the polar crown prominence that we studied. The red shifts in the second period
are possibly due to mass drainage during the elevation of the prominence spine,
which could accelerate the eruption in return. The blue shifts in the third
period are due to that the prominence erupts toward the observer. We suggest
that the faint component appears due to the decreasing of the plasma density,
and the latter results from the expansion of the prominence spine.

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