A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops

The dynamic flare of 6 November 1980 (max. ∼ 15:26 UT) developed a rich system of growing loops which could be followed in Hα for 1.5 hours. Throughout the flare, these loops, near the limb, were seen in emission against the disk. Theoretical computations of b-values for a hydrogen atom reveal that...

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Autores principales: Svestka, Z., Fontenla, J.M., Machado, M.E., Martin, S.F., Neidig, D.F., Poletto, G.
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spelling todo:paper_02731177_v6_n6_p253_Svestka2023-10-03T15:15:48Z A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops Svestka, Z. Fontenla, J.M. Machado, M.E. Martin, S.F. Neidig, D.F. Poletto, G. The dynamic flare of 6 November 1980 (max. ∼ 15:26 UT) developed a rich system of growing loops which could be followed in Hα for 1.5 hours. Throughout the flare, these loops, near the limb, were seen in emission against the disk. Theoretical computations of b-values for a hydrogen atom reveal that this requires electron densities in the loops to be close to 1012 cm-3. From measured widths of higher Balmer lines the density at the loops of the loops was found to be 4 × 1012 cm-3 if no non-thermal motions were present. It is now general knowledge that flare loops are initially observed in X-rays and become visible in Hα only after cooling. For such a high density a loop would cool through radiation from 107 K to 104 K within a few minutes so that the dense Hα loops should have heights very close to the heights of the X-ray loops. This, however, contradicts the observations obtained by the HXIS and FCS instruments on board SMM which show the X-ray loops at much higher altitudes than the loops in Hα. Therefore, the density must have been significantly smaller when the loops were formed and the flare loops were apparently both shrinking and becoming denser while cooling. © 1986. JOUR info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/ar http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_02731177_v6_n6_p253_Svestka
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description The dynamic flare of 6 November 1980 (max. ∼ 15:26 UT) developed a rich system of growing loops which could be followed in Hα for 1.5 hours. Throughout the flare, these loops, near the limb, were seen in emission against the disk. Theoretical computations of b-values for a hydrogen atom reveal that this requires electron densities in the loops to be close to 1012 cm-3. From measured widths of higher Balmer lines the density at the loops of the loops was found to be 4 × 1012 cm-3 if no non-thermal motions were present. It is now general knowledge that flare loops are initially observed in X-rays and become visible in Hα only after cooling. For such a high density a loop would cool through radiation from 107 K to 104 K within a few minutes so that the dense Hα loops should have heights very close to the heights of the X-ray loops. This, however, contradicts the observations obtained by the HXIS and FCS instruments on board SMM which show the X-ray loops at much higher altitudes than the loops in Hα. Therefore, the density must have been significantly smaller when the loops were formed and the flare loops were apparently both shrinking and becoming denser while cooling. © 1986.
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author Svestka, Z.
Fontenla, J.M.
Machado, M.E.
Martin, S.F.
Neidig, D.F.
Poletto, G.
spellingShingle Svestka, Z.
Fontenla, J.M.
Machado, M.E.
Martin, S.F.
Neidig, D.F.
Poletto, G.
A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
author_facet Svestka, Z.
Fontenla, J.M.
Machado, M.E.
Martin, S.F.
Neidig, D.F.
Poletto, G.
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title A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
title_short A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
title_full A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
title_fullStr A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
title_full_unstemmed A dynamic flare with anomalously dense flare loops
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