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The UV continuum 1450–2100 Å and the problem of the solar temperature minimum

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This study is based on a set of ten solar rocket spectra well exposed for photometry photographed on July 27, 1966 by Purcell, Snider, and Tousey.

The photometry of the far UV continuum illustrates the transition of the solar temperature minimum at 1700 Å in the solar spectrum - (a) the continuum intensity decreases by 30–50% between 1700 Å and the1 D limit of silicon at 1682 Å, and (b) the equivalent brightness temperature shows minimum values throughout the spectral range 1540–1682 Å, which average just under 4700 ± 100K.

The minimum UV brightness temperature is 300K higher than the far infrared measurement of the solar minimum temperature, and possible reasons for this are discussed.

Brightness temperatures measured in prominent CO band heads and in the aluminum 1937 Å auto-ionization line also are given.

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  1. E. O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA

    K. G. Widing, J. D. Purcell & G. D. Sandlin

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Widing, K.G., Purcell, J.D. & Sandlin, G.D. The UV continuum 1450–2100 Å and the problem of the solar temperature minimum. Sol Phys 12, 52–62 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02276563

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