Issue |
A&A
Volume 435, Number 3, June I 2005
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Page(s) | 1169 - 1172 | |
Section | The Sun | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20052795 | |
Published online | 13 May 2005 |
Research Note
Electron densities in EUV coronal bright points
1
Armagh Observatory, College Hill, Armagh BT61 9DG, N. Ireland e-mail: iugarte@ssd5.nrl.navy.mil
2
Mullard Space Science Laboratory, Holmbury St. Mary, Dorking, Surrey RH5 6NT, UK
Received:
31
January
2005
Accepted:
10
March
2005
Electron density measurements of six coronal bright points have been obtained using line ratio diagnostics of four ions in the temperature range 1.3–2.0 106 K. The results suggest
that BP plasma has more similarities to active region plasma than to quiet Sun plasma. Nevertheless,
they do not show the exact same behaviour: the increase of electron density at temperatures over
~ 6.2, observed in the core of active regions, has not been detected. The
results based on new atomic data, although in better agreement decreasing more than a factor of two the
densities obtained with older calculations, are still in some instances higher than those from
. This
could be a consequence of the inhomogeneity of the plasma in the observed volume.
New measurements with a better constriction of
the volumetric properties seem necessary to rule out the influence of other factors and confirm whether
there is an inconsistency between the ions, perhaps due to line blending problems in the
lines.
Key words: Sun: corona / Sun: fundamental parameters
© ESO, 2005
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