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Asensio Ramos, Andrés
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1er Congreso Nacional de Astrofísica Molecular: Una visión general del potencial de los grupos de química españoles anters los nuevos desafíos de la Astrofísica. Heled in Cuidad Real, España, 1-4 Diciembre, 2003., p.44
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2003
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We report the first detection of polarization signals induced by the
Zeeman Effect in lines of the E4Π-A4Π system
of FeH located at 1.6 μm. Motivated by the tentative detection of
this band in the intensity spectrum of late-type dwarfs, we have
investigated in detail the full Stokes sunspot spectrum in the
near-infrared around 1.6 μm, finding conspicuous signals which we
associate with the FeH lines of the E4Π-A4Π
band. We investigate the Zeeman Effect in these molecular transitions in
order to identify the observed lines and to point out their potential
interest for magnetic field diagnostics. First, we use nearby OH lines
for estimating the magnetic field strength in the sunspot umbra. We then
apply the weak-field approximation to obtain a first estimation of the
effective Landé factor of some spectral lines, which we identify
as FeH lines. Our tentative identification is performed under the
assumption that Hund's case coupling is a sufficiently good
approximation. Theoretical and/or laboratory investigations of this
molecular system are urgently needed for a full exploitation of the
diagnostic capabilities of the band.