Physical conditions in eruptive prominences at several solar radii |
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Authors: | Rainer M. E. Illing R. Grant Athay |
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Affiliation: | (1) High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, 80307 Boulder, CO, U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | SMM data from the Corograph/Polarimeter experiment giving intensities of H and continuum emission in eight erupting prominences are analyzed to obtain the physical conditions in the regions of H emission. Since the H intensity depends upon three unknowns whereas only two independent observations are available, it is necessary to assume one additional condition in order to obtain unique solutions. Solutions are chosen that give the maximum expansion of the prominence volume as reflected by minimum values of the electron density. These solutions correspond closely with those giving the best agreement between the gas pressure in the prominence and the ambient coronal pressure. Electron densities are found to be of the order of 108 cm-3 at temperatures near 2 × 104 K.The National Center for Atmospheric Research is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. |
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