Peter Gallagher

I'd like to attend the RHESSI workshop series with the intention of exploring the relationship between RHESSI and EUV images and spectra from instruments such as CDS, EIT, and TRACE. In particular, I am currently using EUV data to study plasma dynamics and energy budgets of transition region and coronal plasmas during both the impulsive and gradual phases of flares. Using CDS line profiles, I've been able to identify downflows during the decay phase of several flares which presumably result from condensation of the hot flare plasma seen by RHESSI. I am also interested in comparing images taken at multiple temperatures (~10^4 - 10^7 K) in CDS to both RHESSI-derived temperature (from bremsstrahlung fits) and current loop-cooling models.

email address: ptg@hessi.gsfc.nasa.gov


Last modified: Thu Aug 8 18:56:20 BST 2002