Spectral analysis of Hα, Hβ, and Hγ lines of a white-light flare (3B/X6.1) on October 27, 1991
✍ Scribed by S. W. Lee; H. S. Yun; J. Hu; C. Fang; J. L. Wang
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 617 KB
- Volume
- 163
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0038-0938
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✦ Synopsis
We have analyzed time series of Hc~, Hp, and H 7 line profiles taken from a 3B/X6.1 flare which occurred on October 27, 1991 in active region NOAA 6891. Each set of the spectra was taken simultaneously for the first 10 min of the flare event with a low and non-uniform time resolution of 10-40 s. A total of 22 sets of Hc~, Hp, and H7 were scanned by a PDS with absolute intensity calibration to derive the dynamics and energetics of material in the flare region. Our results are as follows: (1) The Balmer line emitting region is accelerated downward to about 50 km s -1 for the first 50 s and then is decelerated to about 10 km s -1 for the next 150 s. (2) The radial velocity peak precedes the Balmer line intensity peak by about 40 s. (3) The total energy radiated from these Balmer 29 lines is estimated to be 4.9 x 10 erg.