The Thermodynamic Structure of the Outer Solar Atmosphere. II. Comment on Empirical Determinations of b_{n} and T_{e}
Abstract
An apparent discrepancy between several empirical determinations of b and T is investigated. The former is resolved, while the latter is only partially so. It appears that scattered "photospheric" radiation contributes nonnegligibly to the chromospheric eclipse Balmer continuum and that there is consequently a slight polarization to be expected throughout the chromosphere.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- September 1950
- DOI:
- 10.1086/145346
- Bibcode:
- 1950ApJ...112..337T