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On the inability of magnetically constricted transition regions to account for the 10 to the 5th to 10 to the 6th K plasma in the quiet solar atmosphereStatic models of the plasma in the quiet solar atmosphere incorporating not only conduction and radiation but also the effects of large magnetic constrictions are examined. It is found that the bulk of the solar plasma at temperatures below 7 x 10 to the 5th K cannot be produced by a conductive transition region when it is modeled by flux tubes with constriction compatible with observations. The present findings suggest that the major portion of the UEV plasma may be maintained in an ensemble of small, individual magnetic loops located within the supergranular network and having peak temperatures ranging from chromospheric to coronal values.
Document ID
19880038553
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Dowdy, James F., Jr.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Moore, Ronald L.
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Emslie, A. Gordon
(Alabama, University Huntsville, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Solar Physics
Volume: 112
Issue: 2 19
ISSN: 0038-0938
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
88A25780
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-294
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG5-500
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-52
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF AST-83-51058
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-85-05475
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