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We infer the 3D magnetic structure of a transient horizontal magnetic field (THMF) during its evolution through the photosphere using SIRGAUS inversion code. The SIRGAUS code is a modified version of SIR (Stokes Inversion based on Response…

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Recent spectro-polarimetric observations have provided detailed measurements of magnetic field, velocity and intensity during events of magnetic field intensification in the solar photosphere. We consider the temporal evolution of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 S. Danilovic , M. Schüssler , S. K. Solanki

The structure of the photospheric vector magnetic field below a dark filament on the Sun is studied using the observations of the Spectro-Polarimeter attached to the Solar Optical Telescope onboard Hinode. Special attention is paid to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-03-20 Takaaki Yokoyama , Yukio Katsukawa , Masumi Shimojo

The 3D structure of an active region (AR) filament is studied using nonlinear force-free field (NLFFF) extrapolations based on simultaneous observations at a photospheric and a chromospheric height. To that end, we used the Si I 10827 \AA\…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 L. Yelles Chaouche , C. Kuckein , V. Martínez Pillet , F. Moreno-Insertis

The fine-structure of magnetic field of a sunspot penumbra in the upper chromosphere is to be explored and compared to that in the photosphere. High spatial resolution spectropolarimetric observations were recorded with the 1.5-meter GREGOR…

Three-dimensional large eddy simulations of solar surface convection using realistic model physics are conducted. The thermal structure of convective motions into the upper radiative layers of the photosphere, the range of convection cell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-17 Sergey Ustyugov

The magnetic field of a sunspot guides magnetohydrodynamic waves toward higher atmospheric layers. In the upper photosphere and lower chromosphere, wave modes with periods longer than the acoustic cut-off period become evanescent. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-12-07 J. Löhner-Böttcher , N. Bello González , W. Schmidt

Besides their own intrinsic interest, correct interpretation of solar surface magnetic field observations is crucial to our ability to describe the global magnetic structure of the solar atmosphere. Photospheric magnetograms are often used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-10-29 Gordon J. D. Petrie , Irina Patrikeeva

Our knowledge of the lower solar atmosphere is mainly obtained from spectropolarimetric observations, which are often carried out in the red or infrared spectral range and almost always cover only a single or a few spectral lines. Here we…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki

We present results from numerical modeling of emerging flux regions on the solar surface. The modeling was carried out by means of 3D radiative MHD simulations of the rise of buoyant magnetic flux tubes through the convection zone and into…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. C. M. Cheung , M. Schuessler , T. D. Tarbell , A. M. Title

Based on the Meso-Structured Magnetic Atmosphere (MESMA) approximation, recently introduced by Carroll & Kopf (2007), we present first results of an inversion of spectropolarimetric observations obtained from solar internetwork regions. To…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. A. Carroll

The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) has just started producing data that will help determine what the sources and mechanisms of variability in the Sun's interior are. The instrument measures the Doppler shift and the polarization of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-12-20 Rebecca Centeno , Steve Tomczyk , Juan Manuel Borrero , Sebastien Couvidat , Keiji Hayashi , Todd Hoeksema , Yang Liu , Jesper Schou

In the quiet solar photosphere, the mixed polarity fields form a magnetic carpet, which continuously evolves due to dynamical interaction between the convective motions and magnetic field. This interplay is a viable source to heat the solar…

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Observations with the Hinode spectro-polarimeter have revealed strong horizontal internetwork magnetic fields in the quiet solar photosphere. We aim at interpreting the observations by means of results from numerical simulations. Radiative…

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An overview is given about recent developments and results of comprehensive simulations of magneto-convective processes in the near-surface layers and photosphere of the Sun. Simulations now cover a wide range of phenomena, from whole…

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Inversions of spectropolarimetric observations of penumbral filaments deliver the stratification of different physical quantities in an optical depth scale. However, without establishing a geometrical height scale their three-dimensional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-14 K. G. Puschmann , B. Ruiz Cobo , V. Martínez Pillet

We analyze high-resolution spectropolarimetric observations of a flux emerging region (FER) in order to understand its magnetic and kinematic structure. Our spectropolarimetric observations in the He I 1083.0 nm spectral region of a FER are…

Methods for characterisation of 3D magnetic spin structures are necessary to advance the performance of 3D magnetic nanoscale technologies. However, as the component dimensions approach the nanometre range, it becomes more challenging to…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-06-24 Aurys Silinga , András Kovács , Stephen McVitie , Rafal E. Dunin-Borkowski , Kayla Fallon , Trevor P. Almeida

We determine magnetic fields from the photosphere to the upper chromosphere combining data from the Hinode satellite and the CLASP2.1 sounding rocket experiment. CLASP2.1 provided polarization profiles of the Mg~{|sc ii} $h$ and $k$ lines,…

Complex 3D magnetic textures in nanomagnets exhibit rich physical properties, for example in their dynamic interaction with external fields and currents, and play an increasing role for current technological challenges such as…