AbstractAn extreme ultraviolet (EUV) imaging spectrograph designed for soundings rocket flight has been used to search for velocity fields in the low solar corona. During a flight in May, 1989, we obtained emission line profile measurements along a chord through an active region on the Sun. Relative Doppler velocities were measured in emissions lines of Mg IX, Fe XV, and Fe XVI with a sensitivity of 2–3 km s−1 at 350 A. The only Doppler shift appreciably greater than this level was observed in the line of Mg IX at 368.1 A over the umbra of the large sunspot. The maximum shift measured at that location corresponded to a velocity toward the observer of 14 +/- 3km s−1 relative to the mean of measurements in that emission line made elsewhere over the active region. The magnetic field in the low corona was aligned to within 10° of the line of sight at the location of maximum Doppler shift. Depending on the magnetic field geometry, this mass outflow could either re-appear as a downflow of material in distant footpoints of closed coronal loops or, if along open field lines, could contribute to the solar wind. The site of the sunspot was near a major photospheric magnetic field boundary. Such boundaries have been associated with low-speed solar wind as observed in interplanetary plasmas.


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    Evidence of mass outflow in the low corona over a large sunspot


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    1993-01-01


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    4 pages




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    Electronic Resource


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    English




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