Spectroscopic Diagnostics in the EUV-UV for Solar and Stellar Plasmas

H.E. Mason (1) and B.C. Monsignori Fossi (2)

1) Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, Cambridge University, U.K
2 ) Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Florence, Italy

Astronomy and Astrophysics, 6, p. 123, 1994.

Abstract

The EUV-UV emission spectra from the solar atmosphere and stellar atmospheres have been intensively studied during the past 25 years with several major space programs.I n this review we discuss the spectroscopic diagnostic techniques used to study astrophysical plasmas, the atomic processes involved, the recent observations and the plans for future space missions.

Keywords: EUV-UV spectra, plasma diagnostics, solar and stellar atmospheres

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