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Solar “EIT Waves” — What are They?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Louise K. Harra
Affiliation:
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, University College London, Holmbury St Mary, Dorking, Surrey, RH5 6NT, UK
Alphonse C. Sterling
Affiliation:
NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, SD50/Space Science Department, Huntsville, AL 35812, USA

Abstract

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There has been substantial interest in the coronal wave phenomena since its discovery several years ago using the EUV Imaging Telescope onboard SOHO (Thompson et al. 1999). One of the first explanations was that finally the coronal part of the Moreton wave had been discovered. Since then, there have been a number of results giving different explanations. We will discuss these in this paper along with the latest results on coronal waves from a spectroscopic perspective.

Type
Part 9: Heating of Solar and Stellar Coronae
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 2004 

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