Bibcode
Leka, K. D.; Socas-Navarro, H.
Bibliographical reference
American Astronomical Society, SPD Meeting #31, #01.19; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 32, p.804
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2000
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Description
We present preliminary analyses of Stokes [I, Q, U, V] spectra of a
sunspot penumbra using two different analysis/inversion procedures. It
has long been known that the Stokes spectra from sunspot penumbrae, even
at disk center, commonly show multiple lobes and asymmetries. Hence, the
magnetic/thermodynamic maps obtained from Stokes spectra using
Milne-Eddington approaches are good first approximations, but will not
uncover any further details of penumbral physics. Penumbrae are known to
be very structured, hence we first present the results of an inversion
using a recent augmentation to the HAO inversion routine: the ability to
model the observed spectra using two magnetic atmospheres in addition to
the non-magnetic atmosphere. Such a 'three-component' approach is useful
to interpret unresolved structures which contribute to signals within
the resolution elements. Second, we present the results of an inversion
using the new "LILIA" code, currently under development at HAO. LILIA is
the "community Stokes inversion code" component of the Solar Magnetism
Initiative (SMI), and is based on the strategy of Ruiz Cobo and del Toro
Iniesta (1992, ApJ, 398, 375). We describe the strengths and limitations
of the two approaches, with attention to their application for the
community at large to interpret data from both current and future
ground-based and space-based instruments.