Temperature and density profiles as a function of the dimensionless height ɀ/L₀ within the loop obtained using $\widetilde{𝑔}=9$ and $\text{Δ}\tilde{T}=90$. Temperature (blue curve) is plotted in units of T_b, while density (red curve) is plotted in units of the density at the base of the loop, n₀ = n(ɀ = 0). This is an example of Sun-like coronal profiles: for small values of ɀ there is a steep rise in T (resp. steep fall in n), at the end of which the values of n and T are already coronal ones, while for larger ɀ’s T increases (resp. n decreases) in a much gentler way.