Active Region Electron Density and Dimensions from Fe XVII X-Ray Lines

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Sep 1996

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Astrophysical Journal Letters v.469, p.L57

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Atomic Data, Atomic Processes, Line: Formation, Sun: Activity, Sun: Flares, Sun: X-Rays, Gamma Rays

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The Fe XVII 2p6 1S0--2p53d 1P1 X-ray line at 15.015 A is resonance-scattered in solar active region and flare spectra, as has been deduced by comparing theoretical intensities of lines in the Fe XVII 2p6--2p53l (l = s, d) arrays with intensities observed by the flat crystal spectrometer (FCS) on the Solar Maximum Mission. We show that the amount of resonance scattering is strongly dependent on the heliocentric distance of the emitting plasma, disk regions showing much larger scattering than limb regions. Average values for electron density Ne and path length l can be derived for various heliocentric distances using the X-ray line intensities. We find Ne ~ 109 cm-3 and l ~ 100,000 km (region on the disk) to Ne ~ 1011 cm-3 and l ~ 1000 km (region on the limb) for active region AR 4787, as it rotated across the solar disk to the limb. These lengths appear to be consistent with FCS images. We note, from our findings, that the approximate extent of stellar X-ray active regions could be determined, if high-resolution Fe XVII or equivalent observations were available.

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