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Estimating Ion Temperatures at the Polar Coronal Hole Boundary
Yingjie Zhu, Judit Szente, Enrico Landi
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The temperatures of the heavy ions (Tᵢ) in the solar corona provide critical information about the heating mechanism of the million-degree corona. However, the measurement of Tᵢ is usually challenging due to the nonthermal motion, instrumental limitations, and the optically thin nature of the coronal emissions. We present the measurement of Tᵢ and its dependency on the ion charge-to-mass ratio (Z/A) at the polar coronal hole boundary, only assuming that heavy ions have the same nonthermal velocity. To improve the Z/A coverage and study the influence of the instrumental broadening, we used a coordinated observation from the extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board the Hinode satellite and the Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation (SUMER) on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO). We found that the Tᵢ of ions with Z/A less than 0.20 or greater than 0.33 are much higher than the local electron temperature. We ran the Alfv\'en Wave Solar Model-realtime to investigate the formation of optically thin emissions along the line of sight (LOS). The simulation suggested that plasma bulk motions along the LOS broaden the widths of hot emission lines in the coronal hole (e.g., Fe XII, Fe XIII). We discussed other factors that might affect the Tᵢ measurement, including the non-Gaussian wings in some bright SUMER lines, which can be fitted by a double-Gaussian or a κ distribution. Our study confirms the preferential heating of heavy ions in coronal holes and provides new constraints on coronal heating models.
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