Superthermic Phenomena in Stellar Atmospheres. I. Spicules and the Solar Chromosphere.
Abstract
An interpretation of the chromospheric spicules as a system of superthermic jets is presented. It is suggested that the spicules may thus be the source of the energy needed to give the observed high chi~omospheric kinetic temperature. The possible configuration of the spicules, discussed on a hydrody- namic basis, is interpreted to obtain an estimate of the energy put into the chromosphere
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- July 1948
- DOI:
- 10.1086/145049
- Bibcode:
- 1948ApJ...108..130T