2011/01/04 by Tom Schad, Sarah Jaeggli, Schad, Tom +8
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1101.0631
8 pages, 3 figures, to appear in the proceedings of the Solar Polarization Workshop 6 held in Maui (May 31- June 4)
arxiv created 2011/01/04 · openalex publication_date 2011/01/04 · arxiv updated 2011/01/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Active regions often host large-scale gas flows in the chromosphere presumably directed along curved magnetic field lines. Spectropolarimetric observations of these flows are critical to understanding the nature and evolution of their anchoring magnetic structure. We discuss recent work with the Facility Infrared Spectropolarimeter (FIRS) located at the Dunn Solar Telescope in New Mexico to achieve high resolution imaging-spectropolarimetry of the Fe I lines at 630 nm, the Si I line at 1082.7 nm, and the He I triplet at 1083 nm. We present maps of the photospheric and chromospheric magnetic field vector above a sunspot as well as discuss characteristics of surrounding chromospheric flow structures.