Ultraviolet observations of the structure and dynamics of an active region at the limb

Details Ultraviolet observations of the structure and dynamics of an active region at the limb Ultraviolet observations of the structure and dynamics of an active region at the limb

Apr 1995

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995apj...443..869k&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 443, no. 2, p. 869-877

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Carbon, Chromosphere, Coronal Loops, Iron, Solar Activity, Solar Corona, Solar Limb, Solar Transition Region, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Ultraviolet Spectra, Rocket-Borne Instruments, Spectrographs, Spectroheliographs, Ultraviolet Spectrometers, Ultraviolet Telescopes

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The structure and dynamics of active region NOAA 7260 at the limb have been studied using ultraviolet spectra and spectroheliograms obtained during the eighth rocket flight of the Naval Research Laboratory's High Resolution Telescope an Spectrograph (HRTS). The instrument configuration included a narrow-bandpass spectroheliograph to observe the Sun in the lines of C IV lambda 550 and a tandem-Wadsworth mount spectrograph to record the profiles of chromospheric transition region and coronal lines in the 1850-2670 A region. The combination of high spatial resolution and high spectral purity C IV slit jaw images with ultraviolet emission-line spectra corresponding allows examination of a variety of active region phenomena. A time series of spectroheliograms shows large-scale loop systems composed of fine-scale threads with some extending up to 100 Mm above the limb. The proper motion of several supersonic features, including a surge were measured. The accelerated plasmas appear in several different geometries and environments. Spectrograph exposures were taken with the slit positioned at a range of altitudes above the limb and provide a direct comparison between coronal, transition region and chromospheric emission line profiles. The spectral profiles of chromospheric and transition region emission lines show line-of-sight velocities up to 70 km/s. These lower temperature, emission-line spectra show small-scale spatial and velocity variations which are correlated with the threadlike structures seen in C IV. Coronal lines of Fe XII show much lower velocities and no fine structure.

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