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Analysis of magnesium XI line profiles from solar active regions

Authors :
Richard L. Blake
E. E. Fenimore
F. Bely-Dubau
H. Felthauser
P. Faucher
M. P. Hockaday
L. Steenman-Clark
R. D. Cowan
Source :
The Astrophysical Journal. 282:784
Publication Year :
1984
Publisher :
American Astronomical Society, 1984.

Abstract

High-resolution solar spectra of the Mg XI 1s2 1S0-1s2p 1P1 resonance line at 9.169 A and the associated nearby satellite lines obtained from two rocket-borne crystal spectrometer measurements are presented. Comparisons with two independent sets of theoretical calculations for the 1s2nl-1s2pnl dielectronic satellite lines with n = 3-7 indicate electron temperatures of 4-4.5 million K. Measured line widths indicate either that the ion temperature exceeds the electron temperature by about a million K or that about 28 km/s of turbulence is present.

Details

ISSN :
15384357 and 0004637X
Volume :
282
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
The Astrophysical Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........6c837936dd80e3e6053595d78be4dceb
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1086/162263