ISSN:
1573-093X
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Abstract We reproduced the observed center-to-limb variations of 11 weak line profiles with the HSRA and the microturbulence distribution given by Lites (1973), introducing an anisotropic macroturbulence (vertical component of 1.5 km/sec and horizontal one of 2.3 km/sec). The variations of the profiles with the heliographic latitude ϕ cannot be explained with temperature variations (it comes out that ΔT/T ⩽ 10−3), but we need instead a very small dependence on ϕ of the photospheric turbulence velocity field, the maximum of which, situated around ϕ ∼- 40°–60°, is of about 3–4%, above the equatorial value. With the present measurements, however, we are not able to distinguish between variations of the micro- and macroturbulence components of the total velocity field.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00157553
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