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Centeno, Rebecca; Trujillo-Bueno, J.; Asensio-Ramos, A.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 708, Issue 2, pp. 1579-1584 (2010).
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Determining the magnetic field related to solar spicules is vital for
developing adequate models of these plasma jets, which are thought to
play a key role in the thermal, dynamic, and magnetic structure of the
chromosphere. Here we report on the magnetic properties of off-limb
spicules in a very quiet region of the solar atmosphere, as inferred
from new spectropolarimetric observations in the He I 10830 Å
triplet obtained with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter. We have used a
novel inversion code for Stokes profiles caused by the joint action of
atomic level polarization and the Hanle and Zeeman effects to interpret
the observations (HAZEL, from HAnle and ZEeman Light). Magnetic fields
as strong as ~50 G were detected in a very localized area of the slit,
which could represent a possible lower value of the field strength of
organized network spicules.
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