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Polarimetric imaging is one of the most effective techniques for high-contrast imaging and characterization of circumstellar environments. These environments can be characterized through direct-imaging polarimetry at near-infrared…

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The polarization of the Mg II h & k resonance lines is the result of the joint action of scattering processes and the magnetic field induced Hanle, Zeeman, and magneto-optical effects, thus holding significant potential for the diagnostic…

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The magnetic and velocity fields in sunspots are highly structured on small spatial scales which are encoded in the Stokes profiles. Our aim is to identify Stokes profiles in a sunspot which exhibit spectral characteristics that deviate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-09 Rohan Eugene Louis , Shibu K. Mathew , A. Raja Bayanna

Inversion techniques (ITs) allow us to infer the magnetic, dynamic, and thermal properties of the solar atmosphere from polarization line profiles. In recent years, major progress has come from the application of ITs to state-of-the-art…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 L. R. Bellot Rubio

In this paper we propose an inversion strategy for the analysis of spectropolarimetric measurements taken by {\em Hinode} in the quiet Sun. The spectropolarimeter of the Solar Optical Telescope aboard {\em Hinode} records the Stokes spectra…

We analyze the spectral asymmetry of Stokes V (circularly polarized) profiles of an individual network patch in the quiet Sun observed by Sunrise/IMaX. At a spatial resolution of 0.15"-0.18", the network elements contain substructure which…

This study presents a justification of the use of Stokes-V Cryo-NIRSP/DKIST observations for the 3D Reconstruction of the Coronal Magnetic Field. A magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) model of the solar corona during solar minimum generated by…

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Gravitational waves admit a Stokes decomposition into intensity ($I$), circular polarization ($V$), and linear polarization ($Q$, $U$), analogous to Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) polarimetry. We implement a full-Stokes…

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Future ground-based telescopes, such as the 4-metre class facilities DKIST and EST, will dramatically improve on current capabilities for simultaneous multi-line polarimetric observations in a wide range of wavelength bands, from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-04-20 B. Ruiz Cobo , C. Quintero Noda , R. Gafeira , H. Uitenbroek , D. Orozco Suárez , E. Páez Mañá

A new three-dimensional model of the solar photosphere is presented in this paper and made publicly available to the community. This model has the peculiarity that it has been obtained by inverting spectro-polarimetric observations, rather…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 H. Socas-Navarro

Inspired by recent use of polarimetry to study the Cosmic Microwave Background and extragalatic supernovae, a foray into the statistical properties of Stokes parameters expressed in spherical coordinates is began, allowing circular…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-19 Jason L. Quinn

We analyzed the full Stokes spectra using simultaneous measurements of the photospheric (FeI 630.15 and 630.25 nm) and chromospheric (MgI b2 517.27 nm) lines. The data were obtained with the HAO/NSO Advanced Stokes Polarimeter, about a near…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Na Deng , Debi Prasad Choudhary , K. S. Balasubramaniam

Surges are cool and dense ejections typically observed in chromospheric lines and closely related to other solar phenomena like UV bursts or coronal jets. Our aim is to address the current lack of inverted models and diagnostics of surges…

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In a previous paper, we argued that the inversion of Stokes profiles applied to spectropolarimetric observations of the solar internetwork yield unrealistically large values of the inclination of the magnetic field vector ($\gamma$). This…

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In this work, we study the accuracy that can be achieved when inferring the atmospheric information from realistic numerical magneto-hydrodynamic simulations that reproduce the spatial resolution we will obtain with future observations made…

Spectropolarimetry at high spatial and spectral resolution is a basic tool to characterize the magnetic properties of the solar atmosphere. We introduce the KIS/IAA Visible Imaging Polarimeter (VIP), a new post-focus instrument that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 C. Beck , L. R. Bellot Rubio , T. J. Kentischer , A. Tritschler , J. C. del Toro Iniesta

The solar chromosphere is a vigorously dynamic region of the sun, where waves and magnetic fields play an important role. To improve chromospheric diagnostics, we present new observations in Ca II 8542 carried out with the SST/CRISP on La…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-14 Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez , Hector Socas-Navarro , Michiel van Noort , Luc Rouppe van der Voort

Imaging spectrographs are popular instruments used to obtain solar data. They record quasi-monochromatic images at selected wavelength positions. By scanning the spectral range of the line, it is possible to obtain bidimensional maps of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-04 T. Felipe , S. Esteban Pozuelo

Scattering polarization in the Sr I 4607.3 \AA \ line observed with high resolution is an important diagnostic of the Sun's atmosphere and magnetism at small spatial scales. At present, spatially resolved observations of this diagnostic are…

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