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A study is made of X-ray line emission observed during the developing stages of a set of post-flare loop prominences. The time behaviour of the line emission can be described by a model consisting of two flux tubes containing plasma heated impulsively at the flash phase; the plasma cools by radiation and by conduction to the chromosphere. These ideas are extended to the possible formation of Hα prominences from low-lying hot loops.
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Phillips, K.J.H., Zirker, J.B. A model for X-ray emission from loop prominences. Sol Phys 53, 41–58 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02260208
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