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Effects of Coronal Density and Magnetic Field Distributions on a Global Solar EUV Wave
We investigate a global extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) wave associated with a
coronal mass ejection (CME)-driven shock on 2017 September 10. The EUV wave is
transmitted by north- and south-polar coronal holes (CHs), which is observed by
the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and Solar Terrestrial Relations
Observatory A (STEREO-A) from opposite sides of the Sun. We obtain key findings
on how the EUV wave interacts with multiple coronal structures, and on its
connection with the CME-driven shock: (1) the transmitted EUV wave is still
connected with the shock that is incurvated to the Sun, after the shock has
reached the opposite side of the eruption; (2) the south CH transmitted EUV
wave is accelerated inside an on-disk, low-density region with closed magnetic
fields, which implies that an EUV wave can be accelerated in both open and
closed magnetic field regions; (3) part of the primary EUV wavefront turns
around a bright point (BP) with a bipolar magnetic structure when it approaches
a dim, low-density filament channel near the BP; (4) the primary EUV wave is
diffused and apparently halted near the boundaries of remote active regions
(ARs) that are far from the eruption, and no obvious AR related secondary waves
are detected; (5) the EUV wave extends to an unprecedented scale of ~360{\deg}
in latitudes, which is attributed to the polar CH transmission. These results
provide insights into the effects of coronal density and magnetic field
distributions on the evolution of an EUV wave, and into the connection between
the EUV wave and the associated CME-driven shock.Comment: 16 pages, 8 figures, and 3 animations available at
http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.12408.29442 ,
http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.25830.06723 , and
http://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.19119.18088 ; published in Ap
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