Coronal Heating Experiments of the Williams College Group at Mukandgarh Fort, Rajasthan

Abstract

We report on the Williams College expedition to Mukandgarh Fort, Rajasthan, for the total solar eclipse of 24 October 1995. The main experiments were a search for 1 Hz oscillations in coronal loops as an indication of magnetohydrodynamic theories of coronal heating and a mapping of the coronal temperature through comaprison of images at specific ultraviolet wavelengths, measuring the difference between the photospheric and coronal continuum. We also obtained a variety of coronal images.