The rapid heating of coronal plasma during solar flares: nonequilibrium ionization diagnostics and reverse currents
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6474553
A simple method is presented for diagnosing the electron temperature and density of a rapidly heated, coronal-type plasma from observable, non-equilibrium enhancements of X-ray line emission. This method, it is argued, is applicable to the study of solar flares. Accordingly, theoretically predicted line enhancements are given for a representative selection of X-ray lines prominent in the preflare coronal emission spectrum. Some of these predicted line enhancements should soon be observable with instruments aboard the Solar Maximum Mission.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ., CA (USA). Inst. for Plasma Research
- OSTI ID:
- 6474553
- Report Number(s):
- AD-A-055633; SU-IPR-726
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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