Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2010-02-18
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
6 pages, 4 figures, to appear in "Understanding a peculiar Solar Minimum", eds. S Cranmer, T.Hoeksema, J. Kohl, ASPC 2010
Scientific paper
We present observations and results of radiance and irradiance studies completed by SoHO-SUMER during the past solar cycle. We find that the cycle variation in Ly-alpha irradiance as observed by e.g. UARS-SOLSTICE can not be explained by quiet sun radiance data, and conclude that the explanation must be related to differences in the Ly-alpha radiance of various solar features and changes in their fractional distribution over the solar cycle. Consequently, we studied the emission of the hydrogen Ly-alpha line in various solar features - for the first time observed by SUMER on disk in full resolution - to investigate the imprint of the magnetic field on line profile and radiance distribution. We also compare quasi-simultaneous Ly-alpha and Ly-beta line profiles. Such high-resolution observations - not hampered by geocoronal absorption - have never been completed before.
Curdt Werner
Tian Hanqin
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