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On the Bright Rims of Hα Filaments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

F. Paletou*
Affiliation:
Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Département Cassini, BP 4229, F–06304 Nice Cedex 4, France E-mail: [email protected]

Abstract

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Heinzel et al. (1995) have proposed that diffusive penetration of the incident chromospheric Hα radiation could explain the bright rims of filaments. We examine this suggestion with the help of new 2D radiative models of filaments and show that our computations do not support this explanation.

Type
Filaments and Their Environment
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1998

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