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PHYSICS OF SOLAR AND STELLAR CORONAE: G.S. V AlANA MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM PROCEEDINGS OF A CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL UNION, HELD IN PALERMO, ITALY, 22-26 JUNE, 1992 Edited by JEFFREY F. LINSKY Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, National Institute of Standards and Technology and University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A. and SALVATORE SERIO Instituto ed Osservatorio Astronomico di Palermo, Palermo, Italy KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS DORDRECHT / BOSTON / LONDON Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data G.S. Vaiana Memorial SYliposium (1992 : Palerllo. Italy) Physics of solar and stellar coronae: G.S. Vaiana Mellorial Symposuim : proceedings of a conference held in Palermo. Italy. 22-26 June 1992 / edited by Jeffrey L. Linsky. Salvatore Serio. p. cm. -- (Astrophysics and space science library: v. 183) "In celebration of the bicentennial of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory"--CIP t.p. . Inc 1u des index. ISBN 0-7923-2346-7 (aCid-free paper) 1. Sun--Corona--Congresses. 2. Stars--Corona--Congresses. 3. Astronautics in astronolly--Congresses. 4. Yohkoh (Solar-A) Mission (Project)--Congresses. 5. Vaiana. G. I. Linsky. J. L. (Jeffrey L.). 1941- II. Serio. Salvatore. III. Title. IV. Series. OB529.G18 1992 523.7' 5--dc20 93-17752 ISBN 0-7923-2346-7 Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, P.O. Box 17, 3300 AA Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Kluwer Academic Publishers incorporates the publishing programmes of D. Reidel, Martinus Nijhoff, Dr W. Junk and MTP Press. Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, The Netherlands. Printed on acid-free paper All Rights Reserved © 1993 Kluwer Academic Publishers No part of the material protected by this copyright notice may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without written permission from the copyright owner. PHYSICS OF SOLAR AND STELLAR CORONAE: G.S. V AlANA MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY A SERIES OF BOOKS ON THE RECENT DEVELOPMENTS OF SPACE SCIENCE AND OF GENERAL GEOPHYSICS AND ASTROPHYSICS PUBLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH THE JOURNAL SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS Editorial Board R. L. F. BOYD, University College, London, England W. B. BURTON, Sterrewacht, Leiden, The Netherlands C. DE JAGER, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands J. KLECZEK, Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, Ondfejov, Czechoslovakia Z. KOPAL t, University of Manchester, England R. LOST, Max-Planck-Institutfor Meteorologie, Hamburg, Germany L. I. SEDOV, Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia Z. SvESTKA, Laboratory for Space Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands VOLUME 184 PROCEEDINGS Giuseppe Salvatore Vaiana (January 1, 1935 - August 25, 1991) Rapian gli amici una favilla al Sole a illuminar la sotterranea notte (Ugo Foscolo, A Ippolito Pindemonte, 119-120) "His friends would steal a spark from the Sun to lighten the night underground." ??, 1 G. Fodera Serio, 2 B. Vittorelli Palma, 3 S. Vaiana, 4 M. Giacconi, 5 S. Verga, 6 7 U. Palma, 8 F.R. Harnden Jr., 9 R. Giacconi, 10 S. Vaiana, 11 A. Vaiana, 12 V. Vajana, 13 F. Pinello, 14 E. Schreier, 15 G. ??, Oertl, 16 O. Gingerich, 17 R. Ruffini, 18 19 G. D'Angelo, 20 S. Saguto, 21 J. Linsky, 22 F. Verga, 23 G. D'Angelo, 24 G. D'Angelo, 25 P. D'Angelo, 26 G. Bromage, 27 J. Truemper, 28 T. Oda, 29 J. Lemen, 30 M. Oda, 31 J. Pye, 32 R. Oda, 33 L. Vallone, 34 N. Saugiorgio, 35 D. Priori, 36 S. Serio, 37 D. Battista Spinelli, 38 M. Capaccioli, 39 L. Golub, 40 R.N. Smartt, 41 G. Halberstadt, 42 M. Corrao, 43 S. Pinello, ??, 44 D. Duncan, 45 D. Barrado, 46 D. Montes, 47 48 M. Elvis, 49 G. Guerrero, 50 J.P. Goedbloed, 51 G. Tagliaferri, 52 G. Fabbiano, 53 G. Bignami, 54 F. Walter, 55 R. Mewe, 56 B. Sylwester, 57 J. Sylwester, 58 B. Somov, 59 A. Maggio, 60 A. Collura, 61 F. Favata, 62 L. Matthews, 63 V. D'Angelo, 64 R. Traina, ??, 65 V. D'Angelo, 66 67 A. Ciaravella, 68 A. Lanzafame, 69 G. Costa, 70 M. Tschinke, 71 W. Gau, J. Butler, 74 P. Ulmschneider, 75 R. Freire Ferrero, 76 M. Guainazzi, 77 T. Kosugi, 78 72 C. Cheng, 73 ??, L. La Fata, 80 81 R. Lorente, 82 R. Thomas, 83 F. Damiani, 84 A. Peters, 85 M. B. Montesinos, 79 Hoskin, 86 Prestinenza, 87 D. Luzio, 88 B. Byrne, 89 J.P. Caillault, 90 R. Mutel, 91 G. Gerardi, 92 1. S. Hodgkin, 93 R. Martin, 94 T. Fleming, 95 B. Foing, 96 C. Boynton, 97 G. Noci, 98 L. Paterno, 99 L. Pastori, 100 S. Randich, 101 S. Catalano, 102 M. Tuscano, 103 A. Bocchino, 104 G. Bocchino, 105 S. ??, ??, Tsuneta, 106 F. Drago, 107 C. Barbieri, 108 R. Pallavicini, 109 G. Cutispoto, 110 111 112 V. Iuliano, 113 R. Dempsey, 114 S.A. Drake, 115 N. Weiss, 116 R.B. Dahlburg, 117 Y.M. Wang, 118 L. Di K. Trapani, 119 L. Cigna, 120 G. Fiorentino, 121 Tsinganos, 122 R. Lojacono, 123 C. Tardanico, 124 G.J. Doyle, 125 M. Guedel, 126 F. Grillo, 127 L. Militello, 128 Pagano, 129 M. Peres, 130 G. Peres, 131 Y. I. Uchida, 132 Vajana, 133 E. Bocchino, 134 M. Katsova I. TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Participants xvii Foreword xxv I: G.S. Vaiana and the Palermo Astronomical Observatory G.S. Vaiana Memorial Lecture 3 R. Giacconi On the History of the Palermo Astronomical Observatory 21 G. Fodera Serio Bode's Law and the Discovery of Ceres 35 M. Hoskin 47 The Nineteenth-Century Birth of Astrophysics O. Gingerich 59 Half a Century of Solar Physics - Some Episodes M.Oda II: The Solar Corona 71 NIXT High Resolution Observations L. Golub High Resolution Thermally Differentiated Images of the Chromosphere and Corona 83 A.B.C. Walker Jr., R.B. Hoover, T. W. Barbee Jr. New Aspects of Solar Coronal Physics Revealed by YOHKOH 97 Y. Uchida Dynamics of the Solar Corona Observed with the YOHKOH Soft X-ray Telescope 113 S. Tsuneta, J.R. Lemen Hard X-ray Solar Flares Observed by YOHKOH and Particle Acceleration 131 T. Kosugi Properties of SMM Flares 139 J. Sylwester, B. Sylwester Analysis of Flare Evolution in the Emission Measure-Temperature Dia gram for Three Events Observed by SMM 147 B. Sylwester, J. Sylwester, M. Siarkowski, S. Serio, F. Reale Hydrodynamics and Diagnostics of Coronal Loops Subject to Dynamic Heating 151 G. Peres, F. Reale, S. Serio Soft X-ray Line Shifts as Signature of the Flare Heating Process 159 E. Antonucci, M.A. Dodero, G. Peres, F. Reale, S. Serio, B. V. Somov xi xii Siphon Flow Models of Coronal Loops 163 S. Orlando, S. Serio, G. Peres Spectral Predictions by a Thermal Hydrodynamical Model of a Solar Flare Loop 167 W. Q. Gan, E. Rieger Energy Release Topology in Solar Flares: An XUV Perspective 171 C.-C. Cheng Plasma Temperature Distribution during the Impulsive Phase of Solar Flares 175 R. Martin, E. Antonucci, B. V. Somov No n-Thermal Line Profiles in Solar Flares 179 E. Antonucci, M.A. Dodero, B. V. Somov Coronal Loop Interaction 183 R.N. Smartt, Z. Zhang Quiescent Solar Prominences: A Two-Dimensional Model 187 R. Oliver, J.L. Ballester, E.R. Priest MHD Waves in a Solar Prominence 191 R. Oliver, J.L. Ballester, A. W. Hood, E.R. Priest Calibrated Solar EUV Spectrum from SERTS 195 R.J. Thomas, W.M. Neupert, W. T. Thompson Discussion following Papers on the Solar Corona 199 III: Stellar Coronae: The Pre-ROSAT Picture Stellar Coronal Emission: What We Have Learned from Pre-ROSAT Observations 211 S. Sciortino Stellar Coronal X-ray Spectroscopy 225 R. Mewe Time Variability of Stellar X-ray Emission 237 R. Pallavicini X-rays and Activity in Pre-Main Sequence Stars 249 F.M. Walter A-type and Chemically Peculiar Stars 257 J.L. Linsky Coronal Stellar Emission in Galaxies 267 G. Fabbiano The G .S. Vaiana X-ray Astronomy Calibration and Testing (XACT) Facility 275 A. Collura, M. Barbera, G. Inzerillo, A. Maggio, G.Micela, F. Mirabello, S. Sciortino, S. Serio, G. Peres

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