Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2000
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000apjs..130..485n&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 130, Issue 2, pp. 485-499.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Corona, Sun: Radio Radiation, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays
Scientific paper
Using Yohkoh SXT and Nobeyama 17 GHz data, we have studied the soft X-ray and microwave emission above several stable, large sunspots near central meridian passage. Our study confirms the well-known fact that soft X-ray emission is depressed above sunspots. It also shows that the distribution of their soft X-ray intensity is not uniform; usually the darkest pixels are associated with the umbra or the far edges of the leading part of the penumbra while the following part of the penumbra may contain higher intensity pixels associated with brighter loops. For the first time, we present a systematic survey of the temperatures and emission measures of the soft X-ray material above sunspots. Sunspots always contain the lowest temperatures and emission measures in the active regions. The mean umbral temperature is 1.8×106 K, and the mean penumbral temperature is 2.4×106 K. The mean umbral and penumbral emission measures are logEM=26.60 cm-5 and logEM=27.00 cm-5, respectively. The differences between the umbral and penumbral plasma temperatures are physically significant. The higher penumbral values imply that the loops associated with the penumbrae are generally hotter and denser than the loops associated with the umbrae. The highest sunspot temperatures and emission measures are still lower than the average active region parameters but higher than the quiet-Sun plasma parameters. The coronal radiative energy loss rate above the umbrae is 15% higher than the radiative loss rate of the quiet-Sun plasma but a factor of 8.3 lower than the typical active region radiative loss rate. The radio emission comes from the gyroresonance mechanism, and, as expected, it is sensitive to the magnetic field rather than the soft X-ray-emitting plasma.
Gopalswamy Nat
Kundu Mukul R.
Nindos Alexander
Shibasaki Kazuo
White Stephen M.
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