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The coronal loop controversy: TRACE analysis by Schmelz, J.T., Roames, J.K., Nasraoui, K.

“…The temperature distribution along coronal loops provides an important clue for solving the coronal heating problem. Recent analysis, however, has produced…”
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Why stellar astronomers should be interested in the sun by Schmelz, J.T.

“…By all accounts, the Sun is a garden-variety star with an average age, a standard size, a regular temperature, norormal mass, an ordinary structure, and a…”
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The Cinderella loop project by Schmelz, J.T., Beene, J., Coyle, T., Douglass, J., Nasraoui, K., O’Connor, J., Roames, J., Scott, M.

“…The solar loop that formed off the northeast limb of the Sun on 1999 November 6 (a.k.a. the Cinderella loop) is one of the few examples of a loop on the limb…”
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Coronal loops: Isothermal OR multithermal? by Schmelz, J.T., Cirtain, J.W., Beene, J.E., Blevins, H.T., Ellis, D., Medlin, D.A., Nasraoui, K., Nevels, C.

“…Are coronal loops isothermal? A controversy over this question has arisen recently because different investigators using different techniques have obtained…”
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[formula omitted], [formula omitted] and [formula omitted] abundances derived from spectroscopic and sep analysis by Schmelz, J.T, Saba, J.L.R, Islam, B

“…The relative abundances Ne O , Mg O , and Fe O derived from 33 Solar Maximum Mission Flat Crystal Spectrometer spectra are compared with those derived from the…”
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Determining coronal heating of plasma loops through differential emission measure analysis by Schmelz, J.T., Scopes, R.T., Cirtain, J.W.

“…Insights into the nature of the heating mechanism in coronal plasmas can be gained through the analysis of differential emission measure curves localized along…”
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Coronal abundances obtained from serts and Yohkoh-SXT data by Schmelz, J.T., Winter, H.D., Marino, C.P.

“…Coronal abundances for active region AR 7563 were obtained using a combination of broad-band filter data from Yohkoh SXT and simultaneous spectral line data…”
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Abundances from SMM spectroscopic observations for non-flaring coronal plasma by Schmelz, J.T.

“…Plots of the Emission Measure vs. Temperature are used to look for deviations from the “standard” coronal abundance values for Oxygen, Neon, and Magnesium. The…”
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Opacity effects in soft X-ray spectral lines of the solar corona by Schmelz, J.T., Chauvin, J.C., Saba, J.L.R.

“…Current literature suggests that several lines in the soft X-ray portion of the coronal spectrum may not be optically thin. Here, we confirm the results of…”
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