Published 1987 | Version v1
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The solar chromosphere

Creators

  • 1. Solar and Stellar Physics Div., Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, MA (USA)

Description

The solar chromosphere owes its name to the brilliant red emission seen from the region just above the limb at times of total solar eclipse. The red emission is due to the overwhelming contribution of the Hα hydrogen line at the wavelength 6563 angstrom. The authors discuss how it is important to understand the physical processes occurring in the solar chromosphere because these processes transmit energy and momentum into the corona. They describe in detail the mean (spatially averaged) spectorscopic characteristics to deduce the mean structure and energy balance of these regions

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press.
Imprint Place
New York, NY (USA)
ISBN
0-521-26315-8
Imprint Title
Spectroscopy of astrophysical plasmas
Imprint Pagination
357 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 125-162.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
21077357
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
CHROMOSPHERE; EMISSION SPECTRA; ENERGY BALANCE; HYDROGEN; SOLAR CORONA; SPECTROSCOPY; SUN
Descriptors DEC
ATMOSPHERES; ELEMENTS; MAIN SEQUENCE STARS; NONMETALS; SOLAR ATMOSPHERE; SPECTRA; STARS; STELLAR ATMOSPHERES; STELLAR CORONAE