Fluid motions in the solar chromosphere-corona transition region. IV - Mass motions over sunspot umbrae

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Chromosphere, Flow Velocity, Magnetohydrodynamic Flow, Solar Corona, Sunspots, Umbras, Doppler Effect, Resonance Lines, Solar Maximum Mission, Spatial Resolution

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Doppler velocity measurements in the C IV resonance line λ1548.19 have been obtained over the umbrae of eight sunspots with the Ultraviolet Spectrometer and Polarimeter (UVSP) on the Solar Maximum Mission. The velocity bandpass of these observations is approximately ±30 km s-1, and their spatial resolution is 3" × 3". Although a few individual resolution elements display flow velocities ∼ ±15 km s-1 relative to the quiet network, we measure a mean upflow of (1.2 ± 5.6) km s-1 when averaged over all the resolution elements. Means over individual umbrae frequently show smaller variances, which is evidence for a real distribution of umbral transition region velocity fields.
We also examine two possible explanations for the smaller nonthermal broadening of the sunspot C IV line.

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