Bibcode
DOI
Sánchez Almeida, J.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 556, Issue 2, pp. 928-936.
Fecha de publicación:
8
2001
Revista
Número de citas
18
Número de citas referidas
14
Descripción
The equilibrium configuration of very small magnetic flux tubes in an
intergranular environment automatically produces kilogauss magnetic
field strengths. We argue that such a process takes place in the Sun and
complements the convective collapse (CC), which is traditionally invoked
to explain the formation of kilogauss magnetic concentrations in the
solar photosphere. In particular, it can concentrate the very weak
magnetic fluxes revealed by the new IR spectropolarimeters, for which
the operation of the CC may have difficulty. As part of the argument, we
show the existence of solar magnetic features of very weak fluxes yet
concentrated magnetic fields (some 3×1016 Mx and 1500
G).