Modelling the Thermal Structure of Solar Coronal Loops

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Oct 1999

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8th SOHO Workshop: Plasma Dynamics and Diagnostics in the Solar Transition Region and Corona. Proceedings of the Conference hel

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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The nature of the heating mechanism for solar coronal loops is still a fiercely debated topic. Recent interest has focussed on how the the spatial variation of the energy deposition can effect the thermal profile along a loop (Priest et al, 1997). A phase plane analysis (Walsh, Bell and Hood, 1995) of all possible thermal equilibria solutions is introduced. It is shown that the location where the heat is deposited preferentially along the loop has a dramatic effect on the overall thermal structure from the corona, through the transition region and down into the chromosphere. The advantages and limitations of this approach on observing the spatial variation in the loop temperature are discussed. References: Priest et al, 1997, Nature, 393, 545. Walsh, R.W., Bell, G.E. and Hood, A.W., 1995, Sol. Phys., 161, 83.

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