Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apj...542l.151a&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 542, Issue 2, pp. L151-L154.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Flares, Sun: Transition Region, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays
Scientific paper
We describe how the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer 171 Å observations can be used to determine the properties of flare-loop heating. The key point is that the evolution of a loop transition region (TR) is much easier to measure quantitatively than the bulk flare plasma because the TR emission originates from an unobscured source with simple geometry. We derive general analytic expressions for the evolution of a flare-loop TR that, in principle, permit a determination of the heating function from the observations. These results are compared with observations of the 1998 September 20 flare. We find that the observed evolution of the flare ribbons is in good agreement with our model for the evaporative cooling of flare loops and that the heating in these loops is incompatible with the assumption of spatial uniformity.
Antiochos Spiro K.
DeLuca Edward E.
Golub Leon
McMullen Rebecca A.
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