Recent Advances in Chromospheric and Coronal Polarization Diagnostics

Trujillo-Bueno, J.
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Magnetic Coupling between the Interior and Atmosphere of the Sun, Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. ISBN 978-3-642-02858-8. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2010, p. 118

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2010
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I review some recent advances in methods to diagnose polarized radiation with which we may hope to explore the magnetism of the solar chromosphere and corona. These methods are based on the remarkable signatures that the radiatively induced quantum coherences produce in the emergent spectral line polarization and on the joint action of the Hanle and Zeeman effects. Some applications to spicules, prominences, active region filaments, emerging flux regions, and the quiet chromosphere are discussed.