The Allowed Lines of O IV Near 1340 Angstroms in High Electron Density Solar Flares

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Dec 1993

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American Astronomical Society, 183rd AAS Meeting, #68.05; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, p.1396

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Intersystem lines of O IV near 1400 Angstroms have long been used as electron density diagnostics for solar plasmas at temperatures of around 160,000 K. In addition, however, several allowed lines of O IV near 1340 Angstroms should become visible in conditions of high plasma electron number density (Ne > 10(12) cm(-3) ), such as during a solar flare. We present observations of the 1340 Angstroms and 1400 Angstroms regions of the solar spectrum for two solar flares, obtained by the S082B spectrograph on board Skylab. We examine three candidate lines for allowed O IV in the flare spectra which occur at the correct wavelengths, but show that two of these are actually blends dominated by resonantly excited molecular lines of H2. The third candidate line, at 1343.51 Angstroms, we identify as the O IV allowed line. We present the density and temperature sensitivity of the ratio of allowed and intersystem O IV lines R = I(1343.51 Angstroms)/I(1407.39 Angstroms). The 1343.51 Angstroms line is clearly present in the first solar flare spectrum, and the ratio value implies an electron density of log Ne = 12.6. The second flare has a much weaker 1343.51 Angstroms profile, but again the ratio value implies a high electron density. Both these electron density values are in good agreement with estimates for each flare from independent diagnostic ratios. The simple presence alone of a clearly observed O IV 1343.51 Angstroms emission line implies an electron density greater than 10(12) cm(-3) .

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