UVCS Observations and Modeling of Streamers |
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Authors: | A M Vásquez J C Raymond A A Van Ballegooijen |
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Institution: | (1) Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St. MS 15, Cambridge, MA, 02138 |
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Abstract: | We present results derived from the analysis of an equatorial streamer structure as observed by the UVCS instrument aboard
SOHO. From observations of the H I Lyα and Lyβ lines we infer the density and temperature of the plasma. We develop a preliminary
axisymmetric, magnetostatic model of the corona which includes the effects of gas pressure gradients on the magnetic structure.
We infer a coronal plasma β > 1 in the closed field regions and near the cusp of the streamer. We add to the model a parallel
velocity field assuming mass flux conservation along magnetic flux tubes. We then compute the Lyα emissivity and the line-of-sight
integrals to obtain images of Lyα intensity, taking into account projection effects and Doppler dimming. The images we obtain
from this preliminary model are in good general agreement with the UVCS observations, both qualitatively and quantitatively.
This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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