Orlando, S. and G. Peres, Effects on UV lines observations of stationary plasma flows confined in coronal loops, Physics and Chemistry of the Earth C, 24, 401-406 (1999) (ADS)
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Date: 2010 October 29
Update: 2019 November 27
The basic "siphon flow" illustrated in a neat cartoon. This is basically a steady flow between the footpoints of a coronal magnetic loop, driven by a pressure differential. No doubt, this is a basic building block in the fluid description of a magnetized stellar atmosphere (including, of course, applications to flare physics). The point of the paper here is to help out with the UV signatures of these processes.