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A Model for Intermediate Temperature Solar Coronal Loops

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

S.F. Brown
S.F. Brown*
Affiliation:
School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, NSW 2006
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Abstract

Simple hydrostatic equilibrium models have been very successful at describing the physical conditions in hot coronal loops (T > 106 K). However, equilibrium models of cooler loops predict densities that are much lower than observed. We follow the evolution of a hot loop which undergoes a sudden reduction in heat input. The physical conditions in the cooling loop show significant departures from equilibrium. Such models appear to be able to reproduce the physical conditions observed in intermediate temperature loops (105 < T < 106 K).

Type
Solar and Solar System
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , 1992 , pp. 58 - 60
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1992

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