Analysis of EUV limb-brightening observations from ATM |
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Authors: | John T Mariska George L Withbroe |
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Institution: | 1. Center for Astrophysics, Harvard College Observatory and Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, 02138, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
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Abstract: | Limb-brightening curves for EUV resonance lines of O vi and Mg x have been constructed from spectroheliograms (5″ resolution) of quiet limb regions observed with the Harvard experiment on Skylab. The observations are interpreted with a simple model for the transition layer and the corona. A comparison of theoretical and observed limb-brightening curves indicates that the lower boundary of the corona, where T e= 106K, is at a height of about 8000 km in typical quiet areas. For 1.01 R ⊙?r1.25 R ⊙, the corona can be represented by a homogeneous model in hydrostatic equilibrium with a temperature of 106K for 1.01 R ⊙?r<1.1 R ⊙ and 1.1 × 106K for r?1.1 R ⊙. The model for the transition layer is inhomogeneous, with the temperature gradient a factor of 3 shallower in the network than in the intranetwork regions. It appears that spicules should be included in the model in order to account for the penetration into the corona of cool (T e<106K) EUV-emitting material to heights up to 20000 km above the limb. |
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