Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 1994
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Astronomy and Astrophysics 290, 655-659 (1994)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Sun: Prominences
Scientific paper
High precision photometry of the Halpha_ and Hbeta_ emissions is performed from spectra of four spatially high resolved quiescent prominences. The data are compared with recent observations and calculations. It is found that for faint emissions the observed Balmer decrement D=E_tot_(Halpha_)/E_tot_(Hbeta_) significantly exceeds the limiting value D=10.0 calculated for slab models. In contrast to former observations, the spatially and spectrally high resolved emission profiles do not require a hot and a cool component for an optimal fit. The deduced source functions do not yield a common value for different prominences, but show an individual mean for each prominence with a tendency for an increase with the optical thickness of Halpha_. Optically thick Halpha_ emissions with central absorptions are spatially related with narrow Hbeta_ emissions and hence with small kinetic temperatures. The narrow Hbeta_ emissions exist over a large range of optical thickness and show equal macroscopic shifts for individual emission features favouring a picture of closely tied bundles of threads.
Stellmacher Goetz
Wiehr Eberhard
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