Bibcode
DOI
Bellot Rubio, Luis R.; Beck, Christian
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 626, Issue 2, pp. L125-L128.
Fecha de publicación:
6
2005
Revista
Número de citas
42
Número de citas referidas
33
Descripción
We analyze multiwavelength observations of the cancellation of a moving
magnetic feature and a plage element at the outer edge of the moat of an
isolated, round sunspot. The event lasted for some 35 minutes until the
smaller flux concentration disappeared completely from the photosphere.
The data set consists of high-resolution, full vector
spectropolarimetric measurements of four visible lines and two
near-infrared lines, along with speckle-reconstructed G-band and Ca II H
filtergrams. The observations reveal strong chromospheric emission at
the neutral line separating the two magnetic poles; it becomes visible
18 minutes after the cancellation has started and persists for 25
minutes. We have carried out an inversion of the observed Stokes
profiles to determine the variation of the vector magnetic field,
temperature, and line-of-sight velocity during the cancellation. No
significant changes in field strength, field inclination, or temperature
are observed in either of the two opposite-polarity patches. The
decrease in magnetic flux is primarily due to a decrease in magnetic
filling factor, which is accompanied by strong upflows (of at least 1.1
km s-1) in the smaller flux concentration. These results
suggest that the cancellation is due to magnetic reconnection in the
photosphere.