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The Differential Emission Measure Distribution in the Multiloop Corona

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Markus J. Aschwanden1

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This is a rebuttal of a recent Letter on the inadequacy of temperature measurements in the solar corona through narrowband filter and line ratios by Martens et al. We simulate the differential emission measure (DEM) distribution of a multiloop corona and find that the temperature profile of individual loops can be retrieved with narrowband filter ratios. The apparently flat DEM distributions constructed from Coronal Diagnostics Spectrometer line fluxes by Schmelz et al. are an artifact of a smoothing function (in temperature), while the unsmoothed DEM distribution reveals multiple peaks of near-isothermal loops.


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Sun: corona; Sun: UV radiation


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Issue 1 (2002 November 20)

Received 2002 September 2, accepted for publication 2002 October 9

Published 2002 October 18



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