Nature of Quiet-Sun Magnetic Fields
Additional information
Authors
Type
Article in conference proceedings
Year
2014
Language
English
Abstract
Since the magnetic structuring continues to scales of order 10-100 m, far smaller than can possibly be resolved, and since the polarization signals are weak on the quiet Sun, one needs to apply robust diagnostic techniques that do not get biased by measurement noise, are independent of telescope resolution, and have minimal model dependence, in order to reliably determine the intrinsic properties of quiet-sun magnetic fields. Such techniques make use of ensemble averages as the observable signatures of the spatially unresolved domain. Here we show how such concepts are applied to derive the field strengths, sizes, and angular distributions from the observed Hanle depolarization and from the symmetry properties of the transverse Zeeman effect.
Conference proceedings
Solar Polarization 7
Series
Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Series
Start page number
3
Keywords
irsol-conference-proceedings
