Mapping prominence plasma parameters from eclipse observations
Abstract
Using the eclipse observations, we construct the maps of quiescent prominence temperatures, electron densities, pressures and geometrical thicknesses. For this we use the RGB signal of prominence visible-light emission detected during the total solar eclipse on August 1, 2008 in Mongolia, and quasi-simultaneous Hα spectra taken at Ondřejov observatory. The method of disentangling the electron density and effective geometrical thickness was described by Jejčič & Heinzel (2009) and is used here for the first time to analyse the spatial variations of various prominence parameters.
- Publication:
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Nature of Prominences and their Role in Space Weather
- Pub Date:
- January 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921313011368
- Bibcode:
- 2014IAUS..300..420J
- Keywords:
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- Eclipse Observations;
- Prominences;
- Quiescent;
- Spectral Line;
- Intensity and Diagnostics