Automated Temperature and Emission Measure Analysis of Coronal Loops and Active Regions Observed with the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA)

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Abstract

We developed numerical codes designed for automated analysis of SDO/AIA image datasets in the six coronal filters, including: i) coalignment test between different wavelengths with measurements of the altitude of the EUV-absorbing chromosphere, ii) self-calibration by empirical correction of instrumental response functions, iii) automated generation of differential emission measure [DEM] distributions with peak-temperature maps [Tp(x,y)] and emission measure maps [EMp(x,y)] of the full Sun or active region areas, iv) composite DEM distributions [dEM(T)/dT] of active regions or subareas, v) automated detection of coronal loops, and vi) automated background subtraction and thermal analysis of coronal loops, which yields statistics of loop temperatures [Te], temperature widths [σT], emission measures [EM], electron densities [ne], and loop widths [w]. The combination of these numerical codes allows for automated and objective processing of numerous coronal loops. As an example, we present the results of an application to the active region NOAA 11158, observed on 15 February 2011, shortly before it produced the largest (X2. 2) flare during the current solar cycle. We detect 570 loop segments at temperatures in the entire range of log(Te)=5. 7 - 7. 0 K and corroborate previous TRACE and AIA results on their near-isothermality and the validity of the Rosner-Tucker-Vaiana (RTV) law at soft X-ray temperatures (T≳2 MK) and its failure at lower EUV temperatures. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

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Aschwanden, M. J., Boerner, P., Schrijver, C. J., & Malanushenko, A. (2013). Automated Temperature and Emission Measure Analysis of Coronal Loops and Active Regions Observed with the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/AIA). Solar Physics, 283(1), 5–30. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11207-011-9876-5

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