Magneto-optical effects and the interpretation of linearly polarized intensity distributions observed with a vector magnetograph.
Abstract
Linearly polarized intensity distributions observed in sunspots with the Marshall Space Flight Center's (MSFC) vector magnetograph are interpreted taking into account magneto-optical effects. It is shown that these effects can be responsible for the observed spiral configuration in the pattern of linear polarization, even if a purely radial, conventional sunspot model is used.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- September 1979
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00174529
- Bibcode:
- 1979SoPh...63..237L
- Keywords:
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- Linear Polarization;
- Magneto-Optics;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Sunspots;
- Field Strength;
- Magnetic Field Configurations;
- Magnetic Signatures;
- Solar Spectra;
- Solar Physics;
- Intensity Distribution;
- Linear Polarization;
- Marshall Space;
- Sunspot Model;
- Vector Magnetograph;
- Magnetic Fields:Sunspots