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A Novel Investigation of the Small-scale Magnetic Activity of the Quiet Sun via the Hanle Effect in the Sr I 4607 angstrom Line

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    SYSNO ASEP0494599
    Document TypeJ - Journal Article
    R&D Document TypeJournal Article
    Subsidiary JČlánek ve WOS
    TitleA Novel Investigation of the Small-scale Magnetic Activity of the Quiet Sun via the Hanle Effect in the Sr I 4607 angstrom Line
    Author(s) Aleman, T. P. (ES)
    Bueno, J.T. (ES)
    Štěpán, Jiří (ASU-R) RID, ORCID
    Shchukina, N. (UA)
    Article number164
    Source TitleAstrophysical Journal - ISSN 0004-637X
    Roč. 863, č. 2 (2018)
    Number of pages20 s.
    Publication formOnline - E
    Languageeng - English
    CountryUS - United States
    Keywordspolarization ; radiative transfer ; scattering
    Subject RIVBN - Astronomy, Celestial Mechanics, Astrophysics
    OECD categoryAstronomy (including astrophysics,space science)
    R&D ProjectsGA16-16861S GA ČR - Czech Science Foundation (CSF)
    Institutional supportASU-R - RVO:67985815
    UT WOS000442222700026
    EID SCOPUS85052533276
    DOI10.3847/1538-4357/aaceab
    AnnotationWe present the results of a novel investigation of the Hanle effect in this resonance line based on 3D radiative transfer calculations in a high-resolution magneto-convection model having most of the convection zone magnetized close to the equipartition and a surface mean field strength Bn approximate to 170 G. The Hanle effect produced by the model's magnetic field depolarizes the zero-field scattering polarization signals significantly, to the extent that the center-to-limb variation (CLV) of the calculated spatially averaged polarization amplitudes is compatible with the observations. The standard deviation of the horizontal fluctuations of the calculated scattering polarization signals is very sensitive to the model's magnetic field, and we find that the predicted spatial variations are sufficiently sizable so as to be able to detect them, especially with the next generation of solar telescopes. We find that at all on-disk positions, the theoretical scattering polarization signals are anticorrelated with the continuum intensity. To facilitate reaching new observational breakthroughs, we show how the theoretically predicted polarization signals and spatial variations are modified when deteriorating the signal-to-noise ratio and the spectral and spatial resolutions of the simulated observations.
    WorkplaceAstronomical Institute
    ContactRadka Svašková, bibl@asu.cas.cz, Tel.: 323 620 326
    Year of Publishing2019
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