Measurement of the X-ray emission of the solar atmosphere during a period of low activity |
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Authors: | Wolff Richard S. |
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Affiliation: | (1) Columbia Astrophysics Laboratory, Columbia University, 10027 New York, N.Y., U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | A large-area high-sensitivity X-ray spectrometer has been constructed and used to measure the 1.8–5.3 Å X-ray emission of the Sun under quiescent conditions. The instrument utilizes Bragg reflection from mosaic graphite crystals. The data indicate that the X-ray emission can best be accounted for by a multitemperature model of the solar atmosphere in which both the over-all corona and active regions contribute to the X-ray spectrum. Theoretical calculations of the X-ray flux of a hot, optically thin plasma have been used to estimate the solar conditions at the time when the measurements were made. |
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