The theoretical and computational activity at the Osservatorio DI Palermo
Abstract
The construction of theoretical models of solar flares and magnetically confined stellar coronal plasmas and the use of these models in the analysis of observational data are discussed, reviewing the results of recent investigations at the Osservatorio di Palermo. The governing equations for the Palermo-Harvard one-dimensional hydrodynamic/thermodynamic plasma model (Peres et al., 1982; Pallavicini et al., 1983) are presented; the numerical implementation of the model is described; computed and observed X-ray light curves of solar flares are compared; and the treatment of nonlocal thermal conduction is considered. The steps in a typical simulation project are outlined, and the potential advantages of transputers for astrophysical simulations are indicated.
- Publication:
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Memorie della Societa Astronomica Italiana
- Pub Date:
- 1988
- Bibcode:
- 1988MmSAI..59..389P
- Keywords:
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- Computational Astrophysics;
- Solar Flares;
- Stellar Coronas;
- Stellar Models;
- Architecture (Computers);
- Heao 2;
- Plasma Control;
- Star Clusters;
- Transputers;
- Astronomy