Chromospheric Magnetic Field of Exploding Solar Active Regions
Abstract
How changes in the three-dimensional magnetic field of solar active region are related to Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) is an important question for contemporary solar physics. Complex active regions are the predominant source of powerful high-speed CMEs, which can result in strong geomagnetic storms. In this paper we present the properties of chromospheric magnetic field of active regions that produced solar flares and CMEs using observations of the Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun (SOLIS) facility operated by the National Solar Observatory. Currently, the SOLIS Vector Spectromagnetograph (VSM) is the only instrument that is capable of obtaining full Stokes profiles in both the photospheric Fe I 630.2 nm and chromospheric Ca II 854.2 nm lines on a daily basis. VSM also has the capability of making rapid scans covering an area sufficiently large to contain an active region. We shall present the Stokes profile characteristics of photospheric and chromospheric lines of few CME source regions.
- Publication:
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Solar Heliospheric and INterplanetary Environment (SHINE 2013)
- Pub Date:
- June 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013shin.confE..21C