Fully Resolved Quiet-Sun Magnetic flux Tube Observed with the SUNRISE/IMAX Instrument

Lagg, A.; Solanki, S. K.; Riethmüller, T. L.; Martínez-Pillet, V.; Schüssler, M.; Hirzberger, J.; Feller, A.; Borrero, J. M.; Schmidt, W.; del Toro Iniesta, J. C.; Bonet, J. A.; Barthol, P.; Berkefeld, T.; Domingo, V.; Gandorfer, A.; Knölker, M.; Title, A. M.
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L164-L168 (2010).

Fecha de publicación:
11
2010
Número de autores
17
Número de autores del IAC
2
Número de citas
102
Número de citas referidas
90
Descripción
Until today, the small size of magnetic elements in quiet-Sun areas has required the application of indirect methods, such as the line-ratio technique or multi-component inversions, to infer their physical properties. A consistent match to the observed Stokes profiles could only be obtained by introducing a magnetic filling factor that specifies the fraction of the observed pixel filled with magnetic field. Here, we investigate the properties of a small magnetic patch in the quiet Sun observed with the IMaX magnetograph on board the balloon-borne telescope SUNRISE with unprecedented spatial resolution and low instrumental stray light. We apply an inversion technique based on the numerical solution of the radiative transfer equation to retrieve the temperature stratification and the field strength in the magnetic patch. The observations can be well reproduced with a one-component, fully magnetized atmosphere with a field strength exceeding 1 kG and a significantly enhanced temperature in the mid to upper photosphere with respect to its surroundings, consistent with semi-empirical flux tube models for plage regions. We therefore conclude that, within the framework of a simple atmospheric model, the IMaX measurements resolve the observed quiet-Sun flux tube.
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