Accession Number:
ADA055633
Title:
The Rapid Heating of Coronal Plasma During Solar Flares: Nonequilibrium Ionization Diagnostics and Reverse Currents,
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Corporate Author:
STANFORD UNIV CALIF INST FOR PLASMA RESEARCH
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Report Date:
1978-01-31
Pagination or Media Count:
17.0
Abstract:
A simple method is presented for diagnosing the electron temperature and density of a rapidly heated, coronal-type plasma from observable, non-equilibrium enhancements of X-ray line emission. This method, it is argued, is applicable to the study of solar flares. Accordingly, theoretically predicted line enhancements are given for a representative selection of X-ray lines prominent in the preflare coronal emission spectrum. Some of these predicted line enhancements should soon be observable with instruments aboard the Solar Maximum Mission.
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Subject Categories:
- Astrophysics