Does the emission measure decrease during the start of a soft X-ray flare?
Abstract
Soft X-ray flare observations, interpreted as the emission from a single temperature plasma, frequently indicate a significant decrease in the inferred emission measure. It is shown that this effect results naturally from the isothermal assumption, and is eliminated when the preflare contribution to the total emission is removed.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- October 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00951842
- Bibcode:
- 1978SoPh...59..373W
- Keywords:
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- Emission Spectra;
- Solar Flares;
- Solar Spectra;
- Solar X-Rays;
- X Ray Spectra;
- Plasma Radiation;
- Radiant Flux Density;
- Solar Physics;
- Flare;
- Temperature Plasma;
- Total Emission;
- Emission Measure;
- Single Temperature;
- Solar Flares:Soft X Rays