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Asensio Ramos, A.; Martínez González, M. J.; López Ariste, A.; Trujilo-Bueno, J.; Collados, M.
Bibliographical reference
Solar Polarization 5: In Honor of Jan Stenflo ASP Conference Series, Vol. 405, proceedings of the conference held 17-21 September, 2007 at Centro Stefano Franscini--Monte Veritá, Ascona, Switzerland. Edited by Svetlana V. Berdyugina, K. N. Nagendra, and Renzo Ramelli. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009., p.215
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2009
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Recently, cite{asensio_2_asensio_mn07} pointed out that the near-IR line
of Mn I at 15262.702 Å provides a new diagnostic window for
exploring the magnetism of the quiet Sun. In contrast with previously
considered Mn I lines located at visible wavelengths this near-IR line
has the advantage that the shape of its intensity profile is very
sensitive to the presence of magnetic fields. This enhanced magnetic
sensitivity is produced by the coincidence of two favorable facts: the
enhanced Zeeman sensitivity of near-IR lines and because this line is
subjected to particularly strong Paschen-Back perturbations due to the
hyperfine structure of manganese. Of great diagnostic interest is that
the intensity profile itself give us information on the unsigned
magnetic flux, while the polarization profiles are sensitive to the net
flux. An application to spectropolarimetric observations with the
Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter has allowed us to obtain the first flux
cancellation map in an enhanced network region.