Physics
Scientific paper
Dec 1986
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986nascp2442..169e&link_type=abstract
In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Coronal and Prominence Plasmas p 169-175 (SEE N87-20871 13-92)
Physics
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Mass Flow, Red Shift, Solar Prominences, Spectroscopy, Sun, Solar Temperature, Telescopes, Velocity
Scientific paper
The observations contain two-dimensional spectral scans of a total of 17 different prominences on the solar disk from the period 3 to 9 May 1981, using the main spectrograph of the solar vacuum telescope at Sacramento Peak. The following conclusions may be drawn from the data: (1) Blue shifts are much more common than red shifts. In many cases more than 90 per cent of the projected prominence area is associated with blue shifts. (2) The darkest prominence regions show the largest blue shift (v less than 3 km s-1). (3) Red shifts are most commonly seen at prominence edges. (4) The general pattern of prominence velocity persists for several hours. On the scale of about 10 arcsec and less, changes are detectable in the course of 2 to 5 minutes. The observed predominance of the blue shifts is largely in agreement with earlier results from H alpha (cf. Martres et al. 1981). It cannot, however, be concluded definitely that the observed shift really represents a net flow of matter. The situation could possibly be analogous to that of the solar transition region where lines such as C IV lambda 1548 angstroms seem to indicate a net inflow, which can hardly be true, at velocities greater than 4 km s(-1) in the quiet Sun (Athay et al. 1983; Gurman and Athay 1983). If the typical structure element of the prominence is sub-resolution, i.e., 2 to 3 arcsec or worse, as in the present case, an apparent net shift could result if the ascending and the decending elements have different temperature and/or pressure. Different lines could then indicate different flow velocities and even opposite directions.
Engvold Oddbjörn
Keil Stephen L.
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