Solar Chromosphere: Ellerman Bombs

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke2263r&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 2263. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Sun, Solar Atmosphere

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In 1917, Ellerman discovered short-lived, intense brightenings at tiny (<1 arcsec) points in the lower solar CHROMOSPHERE. A typical Ellerman bomb lasts less than 10 min. Its spectrum is characterized by very broad emission wings on the hydrogen Balmer lines. On a photographic negative, the pattern of a bomb's emission resembles a mustache or whisker. Reinforcing the allusion to mustaches is the ...

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