Bibcode
Domínguez Cerdeña, I.; Sánchez Almeida, J.; Kneer, F.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.407, p.741-757 (2003)
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2003
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Description
We analyze a time sequence of Inter-Network (IN) magnetograms observed
at the solar disk center. Speckle reconstruction techniques provide a
good spatial resolution (0farcs5 cutoff frequency) yet maintaining a
fair sensitivity (some 20 G). Patches with signal above noise cover 60%
of the observed area, most of which corresponds to intergranular lanes.
The large surface covered by signal renders a mean unsigned magnetic
flux density between 17 G and 21 G (1 G equiv 1 Mx cm-2).
The difference depends on the spectral line used to generate the
magnetograms (łinetwo or łineone ). Such systematic
difference can be understood if the magnetic structures producing the
polarization have intrinsic field strengths exceeding 1 kG, and
consequently, occupying only a very small fraction of the surface (some
2%). We observe both, magnetic signals changing in time scales smaller
than 1 min, and a persistent pattern lasting longer than the duration of
the sequence (17 min). The pattern resembles a network with a spatial
scale between 5 and 10 arcsec, which we identify as the mesogranulation.
The strong dependence of the polarization signals on spatial resolution
and sensitivity suggests that much quiet Sun magnetic flux still remains
undetected.