Inversion techniques: From observations to atmospheres

Ruiz Cobo, B.
Bibliographical reference

"Modern solar facilities - advanced solar science, Proceedings of a Workshop held at Göttingen September 27-29, 2006 ISBN 978-3-938616-84-0 382 pages, many illustrations, soft-bound, Price: 23.- Euros Published by Universitätsverlag Göttingen (http://univerlag.uni-goettingen.de The online edition (PDF, 12 MB) is available free of charge at: http://webdoc.sub.gwdg.de/univerlag/2007/solar_science_book.pdf, p.287"

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2007
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Inversion techniques are presently the most powerful tools to deduce magnetic, dynamic, and thermal properties of the solar plasma from polarization line profiles. The reliability and robustness of Stokes inversions have been confirmed many times by means of numerical tests. Part of the solar physics community, however, is still worried about the uniqueness of the obtained solutions. In this presentation I clarify the scope and the limitations of different Stokes inversion techniques and discuss the challenges for inversion techniques for the near future.