OSO 8 observational limits to the acoustic coronal heating mechanism

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Jul 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981apj...247..317b&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 247, July 1, 1981, p. 317-324.

Computer Science

Sound

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Line Spectra, Plasma Heating, Solar Corona, Solar Physics, Cross Correlation, Energy Transfer, Oso-8, Photons, Sound Waves

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An improved analysis of time-resolved line profiles of the C IV resonance line at 1548 A has been used to test the acoustic wave hypothesis of solar coronal heating. It is shown that the observed motions and brightness fluctuations are consistent with the existence of acoustic waves. Specific account is taken of the effect of photon statistics on the observed velocities, and a test is devised to determine whether the motions represent propagating or evanescent waves. It is found that on the average about as much energy is carried upward as downward such that the net acoustic flux density is statistically consistent with zero. The statistical uncertainty in this null result is three orders of magnitue lower than the flux level needed to heat the corona.

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