Preliminary Report: 1980 Eclipse Coronal Oscillations Experiment

dc.contributor.author	Pasachoff, J. M
dc.contributor.author	Landman, Donald. A
dc.date.accessioned	2005-02-03T06:32:58Z
dc.date.available	2005-02-03T06:32:58Z
dc.date.issued	1980-12
dc.identifier.citation	BASI, Vol. 8, No. 4, pp. 137-140	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/298
dc.description.abstract	We searched for short period (1 second) brightness oscillations in coronal loops during the 1980 total solar eclipse using cooled photomultipliers and digital microprocessor data handling and recording. The experiment was designed to test the prediction of such oscillations based on a theory of coronal heating through surface Alfven waves. A second experiment using a silicon vidicon spectrometer observed ultraviolet and infrared spectra of the corona to measure temperature from the Doppler broadening of strong ultraviolet lines and density from the relative abundances of the forbidden iron-thirteen lines. Data reduction is under way.	en
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dc.language.iso	en
dc.publisher	Astronomical Society of India	en
dc.subject	Total Solar Eclipse	en
dc.subject	Eclipse Oscillations Experiment	en
dc.title	Preliminary Report: 1980 Eclipse Coronal Oscillations Experiment	en
dc.type	Article	en