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The solar mean magnetic field (SMMF) is referred to as the disc-averaged line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic field that also reflects the polarity imbalance of the magnetic field on the Sun. The origin of the SMMF has been debated over the past…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-13 Souvik Bose , K. Nagaraju

Seven-year long seeing-free observations of solar magnetic fields with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) were used to study the sources of the solar mean magnetic field, SMMF, defined…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-30 A. S. Kutsenko , V. I. Abramenko , V. B. Yurchyshyn

The Solar Mean Magnetic Field (SMMF) is generally defined as disc-averaged line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic field on the sun. The role of active regions and the large-scale magnetic field structures (also called the background) has been debated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-30 Souvik Bose , K Nagaraju

We regard the Sun-as-a-star magnetic field (i.e. the mean field) as a filter for the spherical harmonic components of the photospheric field, and calculate the transmission coefficients of this filter. The coefficients for each harmonic,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-12 Neil R. Sheeley

Simultaneous measurement of line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic and velocity fields at the photosphere and chromosphere are presented. Fe I line at $\lambda6569$ and $H_{\alpha}$ at $\lambda6563$ are used respectively for deriving the physical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 K. Nagaraju , K. Sankarasubramanian , K. E. Rangarajan

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

The Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM) instrument on the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) telescope is designed to obtain high-quality magnetic field observations in both the photosphere and chromosphere by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-07-30 Luca Bertello , Andrew R. Marble

The solar mean magnetic field (SMMF) provided by the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) is compared with the SMMF acquired by the \textit{Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager} (HMI) onboard the \textit{Solar Dynamic Observatory} (SDO). We found…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-18 A. S. Kutsenko , V. I. Abramenko

Details of the magnetic field in the quiet Sun chromosphere are key to our understanding of essential aspects of the solar atmosphere. We aim to determine the longitudinal magnetic field component (B_lon) of quiet Sun regions depending on…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-12 S. Esteban Pozuelo , A. Asensio Ramos , J. de la Cruz Rodríguez , J. Trujillo Bueno , M. J. Martínez González

The line-of-sight (LOS) component of the large-scale photospheric magnetic field has been observed since the 1950s, but the daily full-disk observations of the full vector magnetic field started only in 2010 using the SOLIS Vector Stokes…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-04-25 Ilpo I. Virtanen , Alexei A. Pevtsov , Kalevi Mursula

The Sun is replete with magnetic fields, with sunspots, pores and plage regions being their most prominent representatives on the solar surface. But even far away from these active regions, magnetic fields are ubiquitous. To a large extent,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-05 Andreas Lagg , Bruce Lites , Jack Harvey , Sanjay Gosain , Rebecca Centeno

The unsigned mean magnetic field characterizes the magnetic energy settled in the region near the solar surface. It is one of the determinant ingredients that govern the turbulence in the photosphere, and the magnetic heating of upper…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. A. P. Nghiem , R. A. Garcia , S. J. Jimenez-Reyes

The photospheric magnetic field outside of active regions and the network has a ubiquitous and dynamic line-of-sight component that strengthens from disk center to limb as expected for a nearly horizontal orientation. This component shows a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. W. Harvey , D. Branston , C. J. Henney , C. U. Keller , the SOLIS Team , the GONG Team

We report observations of a steady 20 year decline of solar photospheric fields at latitudes $\geq$45${^{o}}$ starting from $\sim$1995. This prolonged and continuing decline, combined with the fact that Cycle 24 is already past its peak,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-16 P. Janardhan , Susanta Kumar Bisoi , S. Ananthakrishnan , M. Tokumaru , K. Fujiki , L. Jose , R. Sridharan

This study based on longitudinal Zeeman effect magnetograms and spectral line scans investigates the dependence of solar surface magnetic fields on the spectral line used and the way the line is sampled in order to estimate the magnetic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 R. K. Ulrich , L. Bertello , J. E. Boyden , L. Webster

The magnetic field permeating the solar atmosphere is generally thought to provide the energy for much of the activity seen in the solar corona, such as flares, coronal mass ejections (CMEs), etc. To overcome the unavailability of coronal…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 Tilaye Tadesse , T. Wiegelmann , S. Gosain , P. MacNeice , Alexei A. Pevtsov

We present a new method of visualizing the solar photospheric magnetic field based on the "Magnetic Range of Influence" (MRoI). The MRoI is a simple realization of the magnetic environment in the photosphere, reflecting the distance…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 Robert J. Leamon , Scott W. McIntosh

A key indicator of the galactic environment of the Sun is provided by the magnetic field in the interstellar medium (ISM), which influences the shape of the heliosphere. The direction of the nearby interstellar magnetic field (ISMF) is…

We investigate the fine structure of magnetic fields in the atmosphere of the quiet Sun. We use photospheric magnetic field measurements from {\sc Sunrise}/IMaX with unprecedented spatial resolution to extrapolate the photospheric magnetic…

Periodic oscillations at 338 nHz in the Earth frame are observed at high latitudes in direct Doppler velocity measurements. These oscillations correspond to the $m=1$ high-latitude global mode of inertial oscillation. In this study, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Stephan G. Heinemann , Zhi-Chao Liang , Laurent Gizon
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