2007/12/19 by S. Criscuoli, Serena Criscuoli, Criscuoli, Serena
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics (astro-ph) #FOS: Physical sciences #Optical Polarization and Ellipsometry #astro-ph
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.0712.3294
4 pages
arxiv created 2007/12/19 · openalex publication_date 2007/12/19 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
We investigate, by numerical simulations, the photometric signature of magnetic flux tubes in the solar photosphere. We show that the observed contrast profiles are determined not only by the physical properties of the tube and its surroundings, but also by the peculiarities of the observations, including the line/continuum formation height and the spatial and spectral resolution. The aim is to understand these contributions well enough so that multi-wavelength observations can begin to disentangle them.