Diffusion of Solar Magnetic Elements up to Supergranular Spatial and Temporal Scales

Giannattasio, F.; Del Moro, D.; Berrilli, F.; Bellot Rubio, L.; Gos˘ić, M.; Orozco-Suárez, D.
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 770, Issue 2, article id. L36, 5 pp. (2013).

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2013
Number of authors
6
IAC number of authors
1
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33
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30
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The study of spatial and temporal scales on which small magnetic structures (magnetic elements) are organized in the quiet Sun may be approached by determining how they are transported on the solar photosphere by convective motions. The process involved is diffusion. Taking advantage of Hinode high spatial resolution magnetograms of a quiet-Sun region at the disk center, we tracked 20,145 magnetic elements. The large field of view (~50 Mm) and the long duration of the observations (over 25 hr without interruption at a cadence of 90 s) allowed us to investigate the turbulent flows at unprecedented large spatial and temporal scales. In the field of view an entire supergranule is clearly recognizable. The magnetic element displacement spectrum shows a double-regime behavior: superdiffusive (γ = 1.34 ± 0.02) up to granular spatial scales (~1500 km) and slightly superdiffusive (γ = 1.20 ± 0.05) up to supergranular scales.
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