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Title: Asymmetry in Fraunhofer-line profiles

Journal Article · · Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:5790911

Profiles of some unblended Fraunhofer lines have been analyzed. Two faint satellite features can be discerned, in the red and the violet wings of each line. These satellites may be evidence of regular upward and downward motion of the plasma above granules and the dark intergranular network: streaming of granular convective overshoot and ''chromospheric rain.''

Research Organization:
Central Astronomical Observatory, USSR Academy of Sciences, Pulkovo
OSTI ID:
5790911
Journal Information:
Sov. Astron. Lett. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Vol. 7:4
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English