Effects on UV lines observations of stationary plasma flows confined in coronal loops

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)

The cartoon

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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.

Date: 2010 October 29

Update: 2019 November 27