Evidence for explosive event activity originating in the chromosphere

Doyle, J.G. and Ishak, B. and Ugarte-Urra, I. and Bryans, P. and Summers, H.P. (2005) Evidence for explosive event activity originating in the chromosphere. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 439 (3). pp. 1183-1189. ISSN 0004-6361 (https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20053099)

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Abstract

We report on a joint SUMER, CDS, TRACE study, concentrating on a region which shows prolonged EUV explosive event (EE) activity in the transition region line N V 1238 angstrom, yet little evidence of such activity in another transition region line O V 629 angstrom (formed at a similar temperature) which was observed simultaneously. A possible explanation for the lack of major activity in the O V line in several explosive events could be that they originate in the lower chromosphere. This is consistent with the enhancements in the C I 1249 angstrom line and with the findings of another study which reported time delays between the chromospheric and transition region lines in some EE's using high cadence observations (10 s exposure time) obtained with the SUMER spectrometer in H I Ly 6 (20 000 K) and S VI (200 000 K). Using the generalized collisional-radiative picture, including the population of metastable levels, we derive the density dependent contribution function for both N. 1238 and O v 629 for four values of the electron density; 10(6) cm(-3) representing the low density limit, 10(9) cm(-3) for a typical quiet Sun electron density plus 10(11) cm(-3) and 10(12) cm(-3) for an active region. These calculations show that with increasing electron density, both lines shift to slightly lower temperatures. However, the major difference is in the relative increase in the line flux with increasing density. For N., increasing the density to 10(11) cm(-3) results in a 60% increase in the line flux, while O. shows a 30% decrease. Increasing the electron density to 10(12) cm(-3) results in a factor of two decrease in the O. flux, thus making it di. cult to detect explosive event activity in this line if the event is formed in the chromosphere. Other explosive events which show simultaneous activity in both lines are probably formed in the transition region. In one such event, activity is observed in both N V and O V, yet nothing in C I. In this event we also observe an increase in the TRACE 173 emission, delayed by approximate to 40 s compared to the transition region lines.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:31232
    Dates:
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    1 September 2005
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    Subjects:Science > Physics
    Department:Faculty of Science > Physics
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:13 Jul 2011 08:56
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 09:45
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31232
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