Statistics – Computation
Scientific paper
Jul 1990
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990apj...357..243f&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 357, July 1, 1990, p. 243-258.
Statistics
Computation
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Coronal Loops, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Solar Corona, Solar Flares, Stellar Evolution, Stellar Flares, Chromosphere, Energy Transfer, Gas Dynamics, Solar Maximum Mission
Scientific paper
An ordinary differential equation describing the evolution of a coronal loop subjected to a spatially uniform but time-varying heating rate is discussed. It is assumed that the duration of heating is long compared to the sound transit time through the loop, which is assumed to have uniform cross section area. The form of the equation changes as the loop evolves through three states: 'strong evaporation', 'scaling law behavior', and 'strong condensation'. Solutions to the equation may be used to compute the time dependence of the average coronal temperature and emission measure for an assumed temporal variation of the flare heating rate. The results computed from the model agree reasonably well with recent published numerical simulations and may be obtained with far less computational effort. The model is then used to study the May 21, 1980, solar flare observed by SMM and the giant April 12, 1985, flare observed on the star AD Leo.
Fisher George H.
Hawley Suzanne L.
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