The extreme ultraviolet spectrum of sunspot plumes. I - Observations

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Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation, Plumes, Solar Spectra, Sunspots, Ultraviolet Astronomy, Emission Spectra, Inhomogeneity, Ionization, Line Spectra, Plasma Cooling, Space Plasmas, Tables (Data)

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A complete extreme ultraviolet spectrum of a sunspot plume by the Skylab S-055 spectroheliometer is presented, and the relevant observational details are discussed. Identifications and intensities are given for emission lines and continua in the 303-1343 A range. The emission from lines found between 100,000 and a million K are enhanced by up to a factor of 40 compared with quiet and active region spectra. The emission measure curve for the mean spectrum shows a high double peak at log T = 5.7 and 6.0, reflecting the very inhomogeneous spatial structure of the sunspot plumes. The extremely high signal to noise of the spectrum is used to investigate the electron density and ionization stage of the gas based on line ratio techniques. A model of line emission from a gas cooling by radiation alone at constant density is presented, and the observations are compared with various semiempirical and theoretical models.

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