Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-01-27
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
To be published in ApJ. Figure 6 is reduced resolution to meet size limits. The abstract has been significantly shortened (ori
Scientific paper
With the aim of studying AR fan loops using Hinode/EIS and SDO/AIA, we investigate a number of inconsistencies in modeling the absolute intensities of Fe VIII and Si VII lines, and address why their images look very similar despite the fact that they have significantly different formation temperatures in ionization equilibrium: log T/K = 5.6 and 5.8. These issues are important to resolve because confidence has been undermined in their use for DEM analysis, and Fe VIII is the main contributor to the AIA 131A channel at low temperatures. Furthermore, they are the best EIS lines to use for velocity studies, and for assigning the correct temperature to velocity measurements in the fans. We find that the Fe VIII 185.213A line is particularly sensitive to the slope of the DEM, leading to disproportionate changes in its effective formation temperature. If the DEM has a steep gradient in the log T/K = 5.6 to 5.8 range, or is strongly peaked, Fe VIII 185.213A and Si VII 275.368A will be formed at the same temperature. We show that this effect explains the similarity of these images in the fans. Furthermore, we show that the most recent ionization balance compilations resolve the discrepancies in absolute intensities. We then combine EIS and AIA to determine the temperature structure of a number of fan loops and find that they have peak temperatures of 0.8--1.2MK. The EIS data indicate that the temperature distribution has a finite (but narrow) width < log sigma/K = 5.5 which, in one case, is found to broaden substantially towards the loop base. AIA and EIS yield similar results on the temperature, emission measure, and thermal distribution in the fans, though sometimes the AIA data suggest a relatively larger thermal width. The result is that both the Fe VIII 185.213A and Si VII 275.368A lines are formed at log T/K ~ 5.9 in the fans, and the AIA 131A response also shifts to this temperature.
Brooks David H.
Warren Harry P.
Young Peter R.
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