Dynamics of solar filaments. VI - Center-to-limb study of H-alpha and C IV velocities in a quiescent filament

Details Dynamics of solar filaments. VI - Center-to-limb study of H-alpha and C IV velocities in a quiescent filament Dynamics of solar filaments. VI - Center-to-limb study of H-alpha and C IV velocities in a quiescent filament

Sep 1986

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Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 166, no. 1-2, Sept. 1986, p. 319-325.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Atmospheric Circulation, H Alpha Line, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Limb, Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Prominences, Carbon, Chromosphere, High Resolution, Spectral Resolution

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The rotation of a stable quiescent filament from near disk center to the limb has been observed. Observations of intensity and velocity were made in H-alpha and C IV, and compared with magnetic field measurements. From the H-alpha observations, it is concluded that the filament is made up of many small scale magnetic features that are not coherently aligned along the neutral line. They are especially convoluted at the apparent 'footpoints'. The measured velocities are of the order of a few kilometers per second in both lines. However, the comparison of the standard deviations of the C IV velocities in and out of the filament as it rotates toward the limb shows that the vertical velocities in the filament are greater than the horizontal velocities. Measurements of velocity do not make it possible to distinguish between the Raadu-Kuperus (1973) or Kippenhahn-Schluter (1957) models for prominences because neither theory is adequately developed for this comparison. However, the observation of the many fine loops brings into question the correctness of either model.

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