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Probing the Solar Wind Acceleration Region Using Spectroscopic Techniques

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The Source Region of the Solar Wind

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Measurements of the intensities and profiles of UV and EUV spectral lines can provide a powerful tool for probing the physical conditions in the solar corona out to 8R ⊙ and beyond. We discuss here how measurements of spectral line radiation in conjunction with measurements of the white light K-corona can provide information on electron, proton and ion temperatures and velocity distribution functions; densities; chemical abundances and mass flow velocities. Because of the fundamental importance of such information, we provide a comprehensive review of the formation of coronal resonance line radiation, with particular emphasis on the H I Lα line, and discuss observational considerations such as requirements for rejection of stray light and effects of emission from the geocorona and interplanetary dust. Finally, we summarize some results of coronal H I Lα and white light observations acquired on sounding rocket flights.

Paper presented at the IX-th Lindau Workshop ‘The Source Region of the Solar Wind’.

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  1. Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Mass., USA

    George L. Withbroe, John L. Kohl & Heinz Weiser

  2. High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, Colo., USA

    Richard H. Munro

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Withbroe, G.L., Kohl, J.L., Weiser, H., Munro, R.H. (1982). Probing the Solar Wind Acceleration Region Using Spectroscopic Techniques. In: Schmidt, W.K.H., Grünwaldt, H. (eds) The Source Region of the Solar Wind. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-7953-6_2

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