Bibcode
DOI
Centeno, R.; Socas-Navarro, H.; Lites, B.; Kubo, M.; Frank, Z.; Shine, R.; Tarbell, T.; Title, A.; Ichimoto, K.; Tsuneta, S.; Katsukawa, Y.; Suematsu, Y.; Shimizu, T.; Nagata, S.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 666, Issue 2, pp. L137-L140.
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2007
Journal
Citations
195
Refereed citations
153
Description
We study the emergence of magnetic flux at very small spatial scales
(less than 2") in the quiet-Sun internetwork. To this aim, a time series
of spectropolarimetric maps was taken at disk center using the
instrument SP/SOT on board Hinode. The LTE inversion of the full Stokes
vector measured in the Fe I 6301 and 6302 Å lines allows us to
retrieve the magnetic flux and topology in the region of study. In the
example presented here, the magnetic flux emerges within a granular
structure. The horizontal magnetic field appears prior to any
significant amount of vertical field. As time goes on, the traces of the
horizontal field disappear, while the vertical dipoles drift-carried by
the plasma motions-toward the surrounding intergranular lanes. These
events take place within typical granulation timescales.