Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997georl..24.2263s&link_type=abstract
Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 24, p. 2263
Physics
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Electron Energy, Solar Corona, X Rays, Sun, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Geosynchronous Orbits, Synchronous Platforms, X Ray Spectroscopy
Scientific paper
We study the X-ray flux and electron temperature variation of the corona above a solar active region. Electron temperatures are determined using data from the S XV channel of the Bragg crystal spectrometer (BCS) instruments on board the Yohkoh satellite. The active region, designated NOAA AR 7999, rotated from just inside the west solar limb to beyond the limb over the period December 2-4, 1996, allowing us to map the electron temperature as a function of height in the active region's corona. Consistent with previous findings, we find two components to the active region coronal temperature, with a hotter (Te approximately greater than 5.0 MK) component due to transient flares and microflares, and a cooler component p between the times of the microflares. There is a steady decrease in the frequency of occurrence of flares and microflares as the occultation progresses, implying that the flaring structures are low lying. For the cool component, the average electron temperature is about 4.5 MK when the region is just inside the limb, and gradually decreases to under 3.0 MK as the region rotates around the limb, indicating that temperature decreases with height.
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