Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Oct 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980apj...241..394r&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1, vol. 241, Oct. 1, 1980, p. 394-401.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Chromosphere, Coronal Holes, Spicules, Stellar Spectra, Astronomical Photometry, Conductive Heat Transfer, H Alpha Line, Helium
Scientific paper
Analysis of 650 microphotometric scans across the solar limb reveals that the H(alpha) chromosphere is slightly taller inside coronal holes than in quiet regions outside holes. The change in height occurs as a step at the hole boundaries; this suggests that the increase with latitude in the average height of spicules found by Lippincott and by Athay was the average result of upward steps at the polar hole boundaries rather than a gradual latitude trend. It is estimated that the power consumed by spicules is of the same order as that returning by conduction from the corona, but the bulk of the spicules (which sets the height of the chromosphere) shows almost no response. It is concluded that spicules are not caused by heat conduction from the corona but are driven from below, suggesting that spicules are more closely connected with the heating of the corona than with its cooling.
Moore Robert L.
Rabin Doug
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