Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Aug 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993apj...413..435h&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 413, no. 1, p. 435-444.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Coronal Holes, Solar Corona, Solar Temperature, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Density Distribution, Solar Wind
Scientific paper
Given the importance of the temperature at the base of the corona for the modeling of the solar wind, we investigate the range of temperatures which have been deduced from remote measurements in coronal holes, within a heliocentric distance of 1.6 solar radii, and the accuracy to which these temperatures have been inferred. Results are presented from an analysis of EUV observations made simultaneously in three spectral lines at the limb in a polar coronal hole, with little contamination from quiet region emission. A temperature range of 7.8-9.3 x 10 exp 5 K is obtained, between 1.02 to 1.07 solar radii for the coronal hole, with a very different temperature range of 9.4 x 10 exp 5 - 1.2 x 10 exp 6 K for the quiet regions bordering it. Inhomogeneities within the coronal hole contribute to a 14 percent variation in inferred temperature. The elemental abundance, which is one of the parameters that influence the temperature inference, can in turn be significantly constrained when intensity ratios from three spectral lines are used.
Arndt Martina Belz
Esser Ruth
Rifai Habbal Shadia
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