NDLI: Three-Dimensional Structure of the Active Region Photosphere as Revealed by High Angular Resolution

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Author	Lites, B.W. Scharmer, G.B. Berger, T.E. Title, A.M.
Copyright Year	2004
Abstract	Blue continuum images of active regions at ∼ 60° from the center of the solar disk obtained with the new Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope reveal heretofore unreported structure of the magnetized solar atmosphere. Perhaps the most striking aspect of these images is that, at an angular resolution of 0.12″, they show clearly the three-dimensional structure of the photosphere. In particular, the Wilson depression of the dark floors of pores is readily apparent. Conversely, the segmented structure of light bridges running through sunspots and pores reveal that light bridges are raised above the dark surroundings. The geometry of light bridges permits estimates of the height of their central (slightly darker) ridge: typically in the range 200–450 km. These images also clearly show that facular brightenings outside of sunspots and pores occur on the disk-center side of those granules just limbward of intergranular lanes that presumably harbor the associated plage magnetic flux. In many cases the brightening extends 0.5″ or more over those granules. Furthermore, a very thin, darker lane is often found just centerward of the facular brightening. We speculate that this feature is the signature of cool down flows that surround flux tubes in dynamical models. These newly recognized observational aspects of photospheric magnetic fields should provide valuable constraints for MHD models of the magnetized photosphere, and examination of those models as viewed from oblique angles is encouraged.
Starting Page	65
Ending Page	84
Page Count	20
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00380938
Journal	Solar Physics
Volume Number	221
Issue Number	1
e-ISSN	1573093X
Language	English
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Publisher Date	2004-01-01
Publisher Place	Dordrecht
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology Astronomy Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Astronomy and Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science

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