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Density Irregularity of the Inner Corona determined from Simultaneous Measurements of the XUV and the K Coronal Brightness

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

M. Guhathakurta ,
G.J. Rottmann ,
R.R. Fisher  and
F.Q. Orrall
M. Guhathakurta
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics U. of Colorado, Campus Box 392 Boulder, CO, 80309-0392
G.J. Rottmann
Affiliation:
Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics U. of Colorado, Campus Box 392 Boulder, CO, 80309-0392
R.R. Fisher
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory National Center for Atmospheric Research PO Box 3000 Boulder, CO 80307-3000
F.Q. Orrall
Affiliation:
Institute for Astronomy University of Hawaii 2680 Woodlawn Drive Honolulu, HI 96822

Abstract

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In this paper we report preliminary results from a study of the inner corona based on the direct comparison of XUV resonance emission line λ174.53 FeX with that of the white-light emission from the K corona. The data sets were obtained 17718th of March, 1988, during a total solar eclipse of the sun and consists of co-spatial and co-temporal measurements of these two quantities as a function of position angle and height above the solar limb. The local emission of a coronal resonance line is proportional to the electron density squared, the chemical abundance, and the electron kinetic temperature, while the white-light emission (arising from Thomson scattering by electrons) depends directly on the electron density and the local radiation field. Taken together these measurements yield an estimate of the quantity where n is the electron density. This quantity, called “X the coronal irregularity factor” by C.W. Allen, is found to be >1.

Type
VI. Chromospheric and Coronal Heating
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 142: Basic Plasma Processes on the Sun , 1990 , pp. 253 - 254
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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