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Chromospheric dynamics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 25 May 2016
Abstract
This brief review advertises a breakthrough in solar dynamics: the identification of chromospheric Ca II K2V “grains” as manifestations of acoustic shocks. The successful numerical reproduction of the intricate spectral characteristics of K2V grain formation by Carlsson & Stein shows that the non-magnetic solar chromosphere is pervaded by outward traveling shocks to such extent that static modeling is no longer acceptable. Dynamical modeling should soon reconcile the long-standing Ca II/CO dichotomy. The chromospheric dynamics of the magnetized regions remains enigmatic.
- Type
- Session IV: “Outer Atmospheric Structure”
- Information
- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 176: Stellar Surface Structure , 1996 , pp. 385 - 392
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- Copyright © Kluwer 1996