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Polarimetric Measurements of the Fine Structure of a Sunspot Penumbra
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
Observations of a fairly regular sunspot penumbra near disk center have been carried out using a Stokes V polarimeter at the German Vacuum-Tower-Telescope in Izaña, Tenerife. We obtained two-dimensional spectral data by scanning the limb oriented sector of the penumbra in steps of 1” with the slit parallel to the solar limb. From Stokes V and Stokes I spectra of four magnetic sensitive lines (Fe I 5247.1, Cr I 5247.6, Fe I 5250.2, and Fe I 5250.7) obtained with 1024 × 1024 pixel CCDs we have determined Doppler shifts and several magnetic parameters. The results of a correlation analysis point out a clear relation between continuum brightness and magnetic field inclination in the sense of steeper field lines in the bright penumbral filaments. There is also a doubtless connection between intensity and Doppler shift. We did find indications for a correlation between field strength and brightness which is not uniform across the penumbra, though.
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