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Interpretation of the X-Ray Spectra of Solar Active Regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Arthur B. C. Walker Jr.*
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research and Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif., U.S.A.

Abstract

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This paper presents a review of recent analytical studies of the coronal X-ray spectrum below 25 Å. The techniques used to compute the theoretical coronal spectrum, and the currently available atomic rate constant data are reviewed first. Spectroscopic techniques which have been proposed for the determination of coronal temperature and density structure, and the results derived from their application to coronal spectra are also reviewed.

A number of coronal models based on X-ray observations have been developed recently, and the coronal temperature structure and composition predicted by these models is discussed, and compared with models of the corona and transition region derived from studies of the solar EUV spectrum.

Type
Part 2: Active Regions
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1975 

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