Inter-Network magnetic fields observed during the minimum of the solar cycle

Sánchez Almeida, J.
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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.411, p.615-621 (2003)

Fecha de publicación:
12
2003
Número de autores
1
Número de autores del IAC
1
Número de citas
39
Número de citas referidas
31
Descripción
We analyze a time series of high angular resolution magnetograms of quiet Sun Inter-Network (IN) magnetic fields. These magnetograms have a spatial resolution better than 0farcs5, a noise of some 20 G, and they have been obtained at the disk center during the minimum of the solar cycle. The IN regions show a typical unsigned flux density of the order of 15 G. Signals occur, preferentially, in the intergranular lanes, and the strongest signals trace a network with a scale similar to the mesogranulation. All these features are consistent with the IN magnetograms by citet{dom03a,dom03b}, obtained during the maximum of the solar cycle. Consequently, the unsigned magnetic flux of the structures that give rise to the IN polarization signals does not seem to undergo large variations during the solar cycle.