Thoughts on measuring elemental abundances in the solar atmosphere | Giulio Del Zanna
Affiliation
University of Cambridge, United Kingdom
Main category
Natural Sciences (Astrophysics and Astrononmy)
Caption
I briefly review some methods and measurements of elemental abundances in the solar atmosphere, with emphasis on the transition region and corona. Some limitations in the methods, in the modelling of the spectral line intensities, and in the observations are discussed. Examples from the X-rays, the EUV, the UV, the visible and near-infrared are presented. A significant improvement in the modelling some of the ions is being made available with CHIANTI version 11. All the observations indicate that the solar corona has photospheric abundances and that the hot 3 MK active region cores have stable enhancements of a factor of about 3.2 in the ratios of low to high-FIP elements. A lot of uncertainties and puzzles still exist, requiring further analyses and, more importantly, future instrumentati
Further reading
Link to the European Solar Physics Online Seminars (ESPOS) webpage:
https://espos.stream/2024/04/18/Del-Zanna/
DOI
10.18147/smn.2024/video:364
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