Physics of Solar and Stellar Coronae: G.S. Vaiana Memorial Symposium: Proceedings of a Conference of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Palermo, Italy, 22–26 June, 1992

645 Pages·1993·22.884 MB·English

by  Riccardo Giacconi (auth.), Jeffrey F. Linsky, Salvatore Serio (eds.)

PHYSICS OF SOLAR
AND STELLAR CORONAE:
G.S. V AlANA MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM
PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE OF THE
INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION,
HELD IN PALERMO, ITALY, 22-26 JUNE, 1992
Edited by
JEFFREY F. LINSKY
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
and University of Colorado,
Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.
and
SALVATORE SERIO
Instituto ed Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo,
Palermo, Italy
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G.S. Vaiana Memorial SYliposium (1992 : Palerllo. Italy)
Physics of solar and stellar coronae: G.S. Vaiana Mellorial
Symposuim : proceedings of a conference held in Palermo. Italy.
22-26 June 1992 / edited by Jeffrey L. Linsky. Salvatore Serio.
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PHYSICS OF SOLAR AND STELLAR CORONAE:
G.S. V AlANA MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM
ASTROPHYSICS AND
SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY
A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS
PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL
SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS
Editorial Board
R. L. F. BOYD, University College, London, England
W. B. BURTON, Sterrewacht, Leiden, The Netherlands
C. DE JAGER, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
J. KLECZEK, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ondfejov, Czechoslovakia
Z. KOPAL t, University of Manchester, England
R. LOST, Max-Planck-Institutfor Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany
L. I. SEDOV, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
Z. SvESTKA, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands
VOLUME 184
PROCEEDINGS
Giuseppe Salvatore Vaiana
(January 1, 1935 - August 25, 1991)
Rapian gli amici una favilla al Sole
a illuminar la sotterranea notte
(Ugo Foscolo, A Ippolito Pindemonte, 119-120)
"His friends would steal a spark from the Sun
to lighten the night underground."

??, 1 G. Fodera Serio, 2 B. Vittorelli Palma, 3 S. Vaiana, 4 M. Giacconi, 5 S. Verga, 6 7 U. Palma, 8 F.R. Harnden Jr., 9 R. Giacconi, 10 S. Vaiana, 11 A. Vaiana, 12 V. Vajana, 13 F. Pinello, 14 E. Schreier, 15 G. ??, Oertl, 16 O. Gingerich, 17 R. Ruffini, 18 19 G. D'Angelo, 20 S. Saguto, 21 J. Linsky, 22 F. Verga, 23 G. D'Angelo, 24 G. D'Angelo, 25 P. D'Angelo, 26 G. Bromage, 27 J. Truemper, 28 T. Oda, 29 J. Lemen, 30 M. Oda, 31 J. Pye, 32 R. Oda, 33 L. Vallone, 34 N. Saugiorgio, 35 D. Priori, 36 S. Serio, 37 D. Battista Spinelli, 38 M. Capaccioli, 39 L. Golub, 40 R.N. Smartt, 41 G. Halberstadt, 42 M. Corrao, 43 S. Pinello, ??, 44 D. Duncan, 45 D. Barrado, 46 D. Montes, 47 48 M. Elvis, 49 G. Guerrero, 50 J.P. Goedbloed, 51 G. Tagliaferri, 52 G. Fabbiano, 53 G. Bignami, 54 F. Walter, 55 R. Mewe, 56 B. Sylwester, 57 J. Sylwester, 58 B. Somov, 59 A. Maggio, 60 A. Collura, 61 F. Favata, 62 L. Matthews, 63 V. D'Angelo, 64 R. Traina, ??, 65 V. D'Angelo, 66 67 A. Ciaravella, 68 A. Lanzafame, 69 G. Costa, 70 M. Tschinke, 71 W. Gau, J. Butler, 74 P. Ulmschneider, 75 R. Freire Ferrero, 76 M. Guainazzi, 77 T. Kosugi, 78 72 C. Cheng, 73 ??, L. La Fata, 80 81 R. Lorente, 82 R. Thomas, 83 F. Damiani, 84 A. Peters, 85 M. B. Montesinos, 79 Hoskin, 86 Prestinenza, 87 D. Luzio, 88 B. Byrne, 89 J.P. Caillault, 90 R. Mutel, 91 G. Gerardi, 92 1. S. Hodgkin, 93 R. Martin, 94 T. Fleming, 95 B. Foing, 96 C. Boynton, 97 G. Noci, 98 L. Paterno, 99 L. Pastori, 100 S. Randich, 101 S. Catalano, 102 M. Tuscano, 103 A. Bocchino, 104 G. Bocchino, 105 S. ??, ??, Tsuneta, 106 F. Drago, 107 C. Barbieri, 108 R. Pallavicini, 109 G. Cutispoto, 110 111 112 V. Iuliano, 113 R. Dempsey, 114 S.A. Drake, 115 N. Weiss, 116 R.B. Dahlburg, 117 Y.M. Wang, 118 L. Di K. Trapani, 119 L. Cigna, 120 G. Fiorentino, 121 Tsinganos, 122 R. Lojacono, 123 C. Tardanico, 124 G.J. Doyle, 125 M. Guedel, 126 F. Grillo, 127 L. Militello, 128 Pagano, 129 M. Peres, 130 G. Peres, 131 Y. I. Uchida, 132 Vajana, 133 E. Bocchino, 134 M. Katsova I.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Participants xvii
Foreword xxv
I: G.S. Vaiana and the Palermo Astronomical Observatory
G.S. Vaiana Memorial Lecture 3
R. Giacconi
On the History of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory 21
G. Fodera Serio
Bode's Law and the Discovery of Ceres 35
M. Hoskin
47
The Nineteenth-Century Birth of Astrophysics
O. Gingerich
59
Half a Century of Solar Physics - Some Episodes
M.Oda
II: The Solar Corona
71
NIXT High Resolution Observations
L. Golub
High Resolution Thermally Differentiated Images of the Chromosphere and
Corona 83
A.B.C. Walker Jr., R.B. Hoover, T. W. Barbee Jr.
New Aspects of Solar Coronal Physics Revealed by YOHKOH 97
Y. Uchida
Dynamics of the Solar Corona Observed with the YOHKOH Soft X-ray
Telescope 113
S. Tsuneta, J.R. Lemen
Hard X-ray Solar Flares Observed by YOHKOH and Particle Acceleration 131
T. Kosugi
Properties of SMM Flares 139
J. Sylwester, B. Sylwester
Analysis of Flare Evolution in the Emission Measure-Temperature Dia
gram for Three Events Observed by SMM 147
B. Sylwester, J. Sylwester, M. Siarkowski, S. Serio, F. Reale
Hydrodynamics and Diagnostics of Coronal Loops Subject to Dynamic
Heating 151
G. Peres, F. Reale, S. Serio
Soft X-ray Line Shifts as Signature of the Flare Heating Process 159
E. Antonucci, M.A. Dodero, G. Peres, F. Reale, S. Serio, B. V. Somov
xi
xii
Siphon Flow Models of Coronal Loops 163
S. Orlando, S. Serio, G. Peres
Spectral Predictions by a Thermal Hydrodynamical Model of a Solar Flare
Loop 167
W. Q. Gan, E. Rieger
Energy Release Topology in Solar Flares: An XUV Perspective 171
C.-C. Cheng
Plasma Temperature Distribution during the Impulsive Phase of Solar
Flares 175
R. Martin, E. Antonucci, B. V. Somov
No n-Thermal Line Profiles in Solar Flares 179
E. Antonucci, M.A. Dodero, B. V. Somov
Coronal Loop Interaction 183
R.N. Smartt, Z. Zhang
Quiescent Solar Prominences: A Two-Dimensional Model 187
R. Oliver, J.L. Ballester, E.R. Priest
MHD Waves in a Solar Prominence 191
R. Oliver, J.L. Ballester, A. W. Hood, E.R. Priest
Calibrated Solar EUV Spectrum from SERTS 195
R.J. Thomas, W.M. Neupert, W. T. Thompson
Discussion following Papers on the Solar Corona 199
III: Stellar Coronae: The Pre-ROSAT Picture
Stellar Coronal Emission: What We Have Learned from Pre-ROSAT
Observations 211
S. Sciortino
Stellar Coronal X-ray Spectroscopy 225
R. Mewe
Time Variability of Stellar X-ray Emission 237
R. Pallavicini
X-rays and Activity in Pre-Main Sequence Stars 249
F.M. Walter
A-type and Chemically Peculiar Stars 257
J.L. Linsky
Coronal Stellar Emission in Galaxies 267
G. Fabbiano
The G .S. Vaiana X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT)
Facility 275
A. Collura, M. Barbera, G. Inzerillo, A. Maggio, G.Micela, F.
Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, G. Peres