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Observations of Multiple Surges Associated with Magnetic Activities in AR10484 on 25 October 2003
We present a multiwavelength study of recurrent surges observed in H{\alpha},
UV (SOHO/EIT) and Radio (Learmonth, Australia) from the super-active region
NOAA 10484 on 25 October, 2003. Several bright structures visible in H{\alpha}
and UV corresponding to subflares are also observed at the base of each surge.
Type III bursts are triggered and RHESSI X-ray sources are evident with surge
activity. The major surge consists of the bunches of ejective paths forming a
fan-shape region with an angular size of (\approx 65\degree) during its maximum
phase. The ejection speed reaches upto \sim200 km/s. The SOHO/MDI magnetograms
reveal that a large dipole emerges east side of the active region on 18-20
October 2003, a few days before the surges. On October 25, 2003, the major
sunspots were surrounded by "moat regions" with moving magnetic features
(MMFs). Parasitic fragmented positive polarities were pushed by the ambient
dispersion motion of the MMFs and annihilated with negative polarities at the
borders of the moat region of the following spot to produce flares and surges.
A topology analysis of the global Sun using PFSS shows that the fan structures
visible in the EIT 171 A images follow magnetic field lines connecting the
present AR to a preceding AR in the South East. Radio observations of type III
bursts indicate that they are coincident with the surges, suggesting that
magnetic reconnection is the driver mechanism. The magnetic energy released by
reconnection is transformed into plasma heating and provides the kinetic energy
for the ejections. A lack of a radio signature in the high corona suggests that
the surges are confined to follow the closed field lines in the fans. We
conclude that these cool surges may have some local heating effects in the
closed loops, but probably play a minor role in global coronal heating and the
surge material does not escape to the solar wind.Comment: Accepted for the Publication in ApJ; 25 pages, 10 Figures, and 1
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Purification of Mixed State with Closed Timelike Curve is not Possible
In ordinary quantum theory any mixed state can be purified in an enlarged
Hilbert space by bringing an ancillary system. The purified state does not
depend on the state of any extraneous system with which the mixed state is
going to interact and on the physical interaction. Here, we prove that it is
not possible to purify a mixed state that traverses a closed time like curve
(CTC) and allowed to interact in a consistent way with a causality-respecting
(CR) quantum system in the same manner. Thus, in general for arbitrary
interactions between CR and CTC systems there is no universal 'Church of the
larger Hilbert space' for mixed states with CTC. This shows that in quantum
theory with CTCs there can exist 'proper' and 'improper' mixtures.Comment: Latex2e, No Figs, 4 + pages, An error corrected, Results unchange
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