A fast technique for improved 3-dimensional mapping of the solar corona |
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Authors: | R Michael Perry Martin D Altschuler |
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Institution: | (1) Alcor Foundation, 12327 Doherty Street, 92503 Riverside, CA, U.S.A.;(2) Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania, 3401 Walnut Street, 19104 Philadelphia, PA, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | To obtain improved maps of the coronal electron density distribution we have devised an iterative technique in which an approximation of the unknown distribution is successively modified to reduce discrepancies with the original data. With this technique we can now map the corona to a much finer resolution than shown in our previous papers, without greatly increasing the computational cost. The series representation of density may now contain more than 23 000 terms compared with previous limit of 128. This results in a fourfold increase in linear resolution, so that features about a tenth of a solar radius in width are now separated. The iteration algorithm can be adjusted to apply a mathematically optimal correction to a given approximation of the density. Although this correction minimizes noise levels, a cheaper version of the algorithm yields a better result. |
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