Heat transfer in sunspot penumbrae

2008/06/04 by B. Ruiz Cobo, L. R. Bellot Rubio · 38 citations
Computer Science · Medicine · Physics and Astronomy · #Adaptive optics and wavefront sensing #Astrophysics #Context (archaeology) #Geology #Magnetic field #Medicine #Penumbra #Physics #Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Sunspot #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:200809776

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 488(2), 749-756 (EDP Sciences) · Minor changes to match version published in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Abstract

Context. Observations at 01 have revealed the existence of dark cores in the bright filaments of sunspot penumbrae. Expectations are high that such dark-cored filaments are the basic building blocks of the penumbra, but their nature remains unknown.

Citations

• Sunspots: An overview
• Magnetostatic penumbra models with field-free gaps
• A 3D sunspot model derived from an inversion of spectropolarimetric observations and its implications for the penumbral heating
• The Analysis of Penumbral Fine Structure Using an Advanced Inversion Technique