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Temperature Structure of a Coronal Cavitywe analyze the temperature structure of a coronal cavity observed in Aug. 2007. coronal cavities are long, low-density structures located over filament neutral lines and are often seen as dark elliptical features at the solar limb in white light, EUV and x-rays. when these structures erupt they form the cavity portions of CMEs. It is important to establish the temperature structure of cavities in order to understand the thermodynamics of cavities in relation to their three-dimensional magnetic structure. To analyze the temperature we compare temperature ratios of a series of iron lines observed by the Hinode/EUv Imaging spectrometer (EIS). We also use those lines to constrain a forward model of the emission from the cavity and streamer. The model assumes a coronal streamer with a tunnel-like cavity with elliptical cross-section and a Gaussian variation of height along the tunnel len~th. Temperature and density can be varied as a function of altitude both in the cavity and streamer. The general cavity morphology and the cavity and streamer density have already been modeled using data from STEREO's SECCHI/EUVI and Hinode/EIS (Gibson et al 2010 and Schmit & Gibson 2011).
Document ID
20110020765
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Kucera, T. A.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Gibson, S. E.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Schmit, D. J.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 25, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2011
Subject Category
Astronomy
Report/Patent Number
GSFC.ABS.5182.2011
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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