Sun: Corona

Spectroscopic Detection of the 3.934 Micron Line of Si IX in the Solar Corona

We report the detection of the 2s$^2$2p$^2$$^3$P$_1-->0$ line of Si IX using the McMath-Pierce telescope on Kitt Peak. Observations were made of the solar disk and at various heights above the limb between 2002 May 13 and 17, under nonideal sky …