Bibcode
Okunev, O. V.; Domínguez Cerdeña, I.; Puschmann, K. G.; Kneer, F.; Sánchez Almeida, J.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.326, Issue 3, p.205-207
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2005
Citations
4
Refereed citations
4
Description
Quiet Sun magnetic fields in the internetwork are almost ubiquitous.
Simultaneous observations in infra-red and visible lines and high
spatial resolution (< 0.5'') data in visible lines show
that their field strengths range from below few hundred Gauss to
kilo-Gauss. Most of the flux is contained in small-scale, strong-field
features located mainly in intergranular lanes. The average unsigned
flux density exceeds 20 Gauss. The new detections are confirmed by
recent quiet Sun observations in the G band. The generation of the
strong fields in the internetwork, which may be due to a local dynamo,
poses a challenging problem. - Polar faculae (PFe) are small-scale
magnetic features at the polar caps of the Sun. They take part in the
solar cycle and are thus likely to be rooted deeply in the solar
interior. They are the result of the global dynamo at the solar poles.
PFe also possess kilo-Gauss magnetic fields which have the same polarity
as the global magnetic field. The rôle of quiet Sun magnetic field
structures and of PFe for the dynamics of the corona and for the solar
wind are addressed.