Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere
We use the first publicly available data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope to track magnetic connections from the solar photosphere into the corona. We scrutinize relationships between chromospheric magnetism and bright chromospheric, transition region, and coronal plasmas. In 2022 June, the...
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| author | P. Judge L. Kleint R. Casini A. G. de Wijn T. Schad A. Tritschler |
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| description | We use the first publicly available data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope to track magnetic connections from the solar photosphere into the corona. We scrutinize relationships between chromospheric magnetism and bright chromospheric, transition region, and coronal plasmas. In 2022 June, the Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) instrument targeted unipolar network within a decaying active region. ViSP acquired rastered scans with longitudinal Zeeman sensitivities of 0.25 Mx cm ^−2 (Fe i, 630.2 nm) and 0.5 Mx cm ^−2 (Ca ii, 854.2 nm). ViSP was operated in a “low” resolution mode (0.″214 slit width, spectral resolution ${ \mathcal R }\approx {\rm{70,000}}$ ) to produce polarization maps over a common area of 105″ × 50″. Data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph are combined to ask: Why is only a fraction of emerging flux filled with heated plasma? What is the elemental nature of the plasmas? No correlations were found between heated plasma and the properties of chromospheric magnetic fields derived from the weak field approximation, on scales below supergranules. Processes hidden from our observations control plasma heating. While improved magnetic measurements are needed, these data indicate that “the corona is a self-regulating forced system.” Heating depends on the state of the corona, not simply on boundary conditions. Heating models based upon identifiable bipolar fields, including cool loops, tectonics, and observable magnetic reconnection, are refuted for these regions with unipolar chromospheric magnetic fields. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e743c662e96443e591185f910a35da642024-01-09T15:52:31ZengIOP PublishingThe Astrophysical Journal1538-43572024-01-01960212910.3847/1538-4357/ad0780Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s AtmosphereP. Judge0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5174-0568L. Kleint1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7791-3241R. Casini2https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6990-513XA. G. de Wijn3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5084-4661T. Schad4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7451-9804A. Tritschler5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3147-8026High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USAUniversity of Bern , Astronomical Institute, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, SwitzerlandHigh Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USAHigh Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research , Boulder, CO 80307-3000, USANational Solar Observatory , 22 ́Ōhía Kū Street, Pukalani, HI 96768, USANational Solar Observatory , 3665 Discovery Drive, Boulder, CO 80303, USAWe use the first publicly available data from the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope to track magnetic connections from the solar photosphere into the corona. We scrutinize relationships between chromospheric magnetism and bright chromospheric, transition region, and coronal plasmas. In 2022 June, the Visible Spectro-Polarimeter (ViSP) instrument targeted unipolar network within a decaying active region. ViSP acquired rastered scans with longitudinal Zeeman sensitivities of 0.25 Mx cm ^−2 (Fe i, 630.2 nm) and 0.5 Mx cm ^−2 (Ca ii, 854.2 nm). ViSP was operated in a “low” resolution mode (0.″214 slit width, spectral resolution ${ \mathcal R }\approx {\rm{70,000}}$ ) to produce polarization maps over a common area of 105″ × 50″. Data from the Solar Dynamics Observatory and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph are combined to ask: Why is only a fraction of emerging flux filled with heated plasma? What is the elemental nature of the plasmas? No correlations were found between heated plasma and the properties of chromospheric magnetic fields derived from the weak field approximation, on scales below supergranules. Processes hidden from our observations control plasma heating. While improved magnetic measurements are needed, these data indicate that “the corona is a self-regulating forced system.” Heating depends on the state of the corona, not simply on boundary conditions. Heating models based upon identifiable bipolar fields, including cool loops, tectonics, and observable magnetic reconnection, are refuted for these regions with unipolar chromospheric magnetic fields.https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0780Solar coronal heatingSolar chromospheric heatingSolar magnetic fieldsMagnetohydrodynamics |
| spellingShingle | P. Judge L. Kleint R. Casini A. G. de Wijn T. Schad A. Tritschler Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere The Astrophysical Journal Solar coronal heating Solar chromospheric heating Solar magnetic fields Magnetohydrodynamics |
| title | Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere |
| title_full | Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere |
| title_fullStr | Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere |
| title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere |
| title_short | Magnetic Fields and Plasma Heating in the Sun’s Atmosphere |
| title_sort | magnetic fields and plasma heating in the sun s atmosphere |
| topic | Solar coronal heating Solar chromospheric heating Solar magnetic fields Magnetohydrodynamics |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0780 |
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