Bibcode
Mathew, S. K.; Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Collados, M.; Borrero, J. M.; Berdyugina, S.; Krupp, N.; Woch, J.; Frutiger, C.
Referencia bibliográfica
Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.410, p.695-710 (2003)
Fecha de publicación:
11
2003
Revista
Número de citas
93
Número de citas referidas
72
Descripción
The magnetic, thermal and velocity structure of a regular sunspot,
observed close to solar disk center is presented. Spectropolarimetric
data obtained with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter (TIP) in two
infrared FeI lines at 15 648.5 Å and 15 652.8 Å are inverted
employing a technique based on response functions to retrieve the
atmospheric stratification at every point in the sunspot. In order to
improve the results for the umbra, profiles of Zeeman split OH lines
blending the FeI 15 652.8 Å are also consistently fit. Thus we
obtain maps of temperature, line-of-sight velocity, magnetic field
strength, inclination, and azimuth, as a function of both location
within the sunspot and height in the atmosphere. We present these maps
for an optical depth range between log tau5 = 0 and log
tau5 = -1.5, where these lines provide accurate results. We
find decreasing magnetic field strength with increasing height all over
the sunspot, with a particularly large vertical field gradient of ~ -4
G km-1 in the umbra. We also observe the so called ``spine''
structures in the penumbra, i.e. extended radial features with a
stronger and more vertical magnetic field than the surroundings. Also we
found that the magnetic field zenith angle increases with height. From
the velocity map it is clear that the Evershed flow avoids the spines
and mostly concentrates in the more inclined intervening field. The
field inclination at a few locations in the outer penumbra in lower
layers goes beyond 90o. These locations coincide with the
strongest flows in the velocity map.