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- Title
The Role of Sunspots Magnetic Configuration in the Formation of Umbral Fine-Structures.
- Authors
Hamedivafa, Hashem
- Abstract
We use spectro-polarimetric data recorded by Hinode to analyze the mag-netic field configuration of a part of a sunspot (AR 10923) where a bundle of penumbral filaments are intruding into its umbra. We want to explore the role of the sunspot magnetic configuration in the formation and kinematics of the fine-structures, such as umbral dots and light bridges, inside the sunspot umbra. Both direct inferences from polarization Stokes profiles and the inversion results using the SIR code indicate an aligned magnetic field configuration in the umbra where moving umbral dots are easily formed at the leading edges of the rapidly intruding penumbral filaments. We suggest that the magnetic field topology is rearranged leading to the observed aligned magnetic field lines via magnetic reconnection process by which a part of the magnetic energy is converted into thermal and kinetic energy. This new configuration causes the umbral fine-structures to form easily and more frequently.
- Subjects
SUNSPOTS; FINE structure (Physics); MAGNETIC fields; SOLAR activity; SUN
- Publication
Iranian Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2023, Vol 10, Issue 1, p111
- ISSN
2322-4924
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.22128/ijaa.2023.717.1161