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On ejection of solar plasma enriched with $^3$He and Fe I at boundaries of coronal holes

L.M. Kozlova, B.V. Somov

Moscow University Physics Bulletin 2009. 64. N 3. P. 334

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The spectra and spectroheliograms in the He I λ = 1083.03 nm IR-line obtained with the horizontal solar telescope of the Sternberg State Astronomical Institute (SSAI) of Moscow State University are analyzed for the purpose of studying the increased solar activity at the boundaries of coronal holes. Our observations demonstrate plasma flux intensification at the boundary separating a coronal hole and a bipolar active region. In this case, the spectra in the vicinity of the He I λ = 1083.03 nm line point to a significant intensification in the lines of light isotope $^3$He I λ = 1083.168 nm and Fe I λ = 1082.837 nm. Acceleration of solar plasma fluxes at the coronal hole boundary in the immediate vicinity of an active region seems to be the result of reconnection of bipolar structure magnetic fields in the active region and a unipolar field of the coronal hole. The nature of $^3$He and Fe I particle enrichment in upward fluxes at the coronal hole boundaries is discussed.

Received: 2008 September 22
Approved: 2009 July 10
PACS:
96.60.qd Sun spots, solar cycles
Authors
L.M. Kozlova, B.V. Somov
Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Universiterskii pr. 13, Moscow, 119991, Russia
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