| Issue |
A&A
Volume 389, Number 1, July I 2002
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 295 - 313 | |
| Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020581 | |
| Published online | 14 June 2002 | |
A study of opacity in SOHO-SUMER and SOHO-CDS spectral observations
III. The validity of the escape probability model
University of Strathclyde, 107 Rottenrow, Glasgow G4 0NG, UK
Corresponding author: H. P. Summers, summers@phys.strath.ac.uk
Received:
11
December
2001
Accepted:
15
April
2002
The assumptions underpinning escape probability and absorption factor methods for
describing spectral emission from optically thick plasmas, are
addressed to test the range of validity of the associated
expressions and to develop them for use within non-stratified atmospheres which include
plasma flow and line blending. It is found that for moderate optical depths
(
~10) the escape probability is an effective tool for
accurately describing the effect of opacity on emergent spectral line
intensities. Furthermore it is found that the expressions may be used to extract optical depths directly from
observational data independently of preconceived atmosphere model ideas.
The analysis enables the detection of unresolved spicule-like structures at the solar limb.
Key words: atomic data / atomic processes / Sun: atmosphere / Sun: UV radiation
© ESO, 2002
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