Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Mar 2003
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003a%26a...400..737a&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.400, p.737-752 (2003)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Radiative Transfer, Line: Formation, Sun: Chromosphere, Sun: Corona, Sun: Uv Radiation
Scientific paper
In this paper we test one of the mechanisms proposed to explain the intensities and other observed properties of the solar helium spectrum, and in particular of its Extreme-Ultraviolet (EUV) resonance lines. The so-called Photoionisation-Recombination (P-R) mechanism involves photoionisation of helium atoms and ions by EUV coronal radiation, followed by recombination cascades. We present calibrated measurements of EUV flux obtained with the two CDS spectrometers on board SOHO, in quiescent solar regions. We were able to obtain an essentially complete estimate of the total photoionising flux in the wavelength range below 504 Å (the photoionisation threshold for He I), as well as simultaneous measurements with the same instruments of the intensities of the strongest EUV He I and He Ii lines: \specline{He}i{584}, \specline{He}i{537}, and \specline{He}{ii}{304}. We find that there are not enough EUV ionising photons to account for the observed helium line intensities. More specifically, we conclude that He Ii intensities cannot be explained by the P-R mechanism alone. Our results, however, leave open the possibility that the He I spectrum could be formed by the P-R mechanism, with the \specline{He}{ii}{304} line as a significant photoionisating source.
Andretta Vincenzo
Del Zanna Giulio
Jordan Stuart D.
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