Bibcode
Giannattasio, F.; Berrilli, F.; Biferale, L.; Del Moro, D.; Sbragaglia, M.; Bellot Rubio, L.; Gošić, M.; Orozco-Suárez, D.
Bibliographical reference
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 569, id.A121, 6 pp.
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2014
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24
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Description
The dynamic properties of the quiet Sun photosphere can be investigated
by analyzing the pair dispersion of small-scale magnetic fields (i.e.,
magnetic elements). By using 25 h-long Hinode magnetograms at high
spatial resolution (0.3 arcsec), we tracked 68 490 magnetic element
pairs within a supergranular cell near the disk center. The computed
pair separation spectrum, calculated on the whole set of particle pairs
independently of their initial separation, points out what is known as a
super-diffusive regime with spectral index γ = 1.55 ± 0.05,
in agreement with the most recent literature, but extended to
unprecedented spatial and temporal scales (from granular to
supergranular). Furthermore, for the first time, we investigated here
the spectrum of the mean square displacement of pairs of magnetic
elements, depending on their initial separation r0. We found
that there is a typical initial distance above (below) which the pair
separation is faster (slower) than the average. A possible physical
interpretation of such a typical spatial scale is also provided.
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