Mapping solar magnetic fields from the photosphere to the base of the corona
Ryohko Ishikawa, Javier Trujillo Bueno, Tanausú del Pino Alemán, Takenori J. Okamoto, David E. McKenzie, Frédéric Auchère, Ryouhei Kano, Donguk Song, Masaki Yoshida, Laurel A. Rachmeler, Ken Kobayashi, Hirohisa Hara, Masahito Kubo, Noriyuki Narukage, Taro Sakao, Toshifumi Shimizu, Yoshinori Suematsu, Christian Bethge, Bart De Pontieu, Alberto Sainz Dalda, Genevieve D. Vigil, Amy Winebarger, Ernest Alsina Ballester, Luca Belluzzi, Jiří Štěpán, Andrés Asensio Ramos, Mats Carlsson, Jorrit Leenaarts
Abstract
line core intensity and the electron pressure. This unique mapping shows how the magnetic field couples the different atmospheric layers and reveals the magnetic origin of the heating in the plage chromosphere.
Topics & Concepts
PhotospherePlagePhysicsMagnetic fieldAstrophysicsCorona (planetary geology)SunspotChromosphereUltravioletSolar atmosphereExtreme ultravioletAstronomySolar physicsPolarization (electrochemistry)Atmosphere (unit)IrradianceNanoflaresL-shellCoronal radiative lossesSolar irradianceH-alphaMagnetic reconnectionMercury's magnetic fieldLine (geometry)OpticsInterplanetary magnetic fieldSpectral lineMagnetic fluxCoronal mass ejectionMagnetic dipCore (optical fiber)Dipole model of the Earth's magnetic fieldSolar flareField (mathematics)Circular polarizationBase (topology)Stellar atmosphereLine of forceSolar and Space Plasma DynamicsIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamicsGeomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies