High-resolution digital movies of emerging flux and horizontal flows in active regions on the sun

Details High-resolution digital movies of emerging flux and horizontal flows in active regions on the sun High-resolution digital movies of emerging flux and horizontal flows in active regions on the sun

Nov 1988

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1988fnsm.work..283t&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Max 1991: Flare Research at the Next Solar Maximum. Workshop 1: Scientific Objectives p 28

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Digital Data, High Resolution, Magnetic Flux, Magnetohydrodynamics, Solar Activity, Video Disks, Doppler Effect, H Alpha Line, Magnetic Signatures

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High-resolution observations of active regions in many wavelength bands obtained at the Vacuum Tower Telescope of NSO/Sunspot (Sacramento Peak) are presented. The SOUP tunable filter, HRSO 1024 x 1024 CCD camera, and a sunspot tracker for image stabilization were used. Subarrays of 512 x 512 pixels were processed digitally and recorded on videodisk in movie format. The movies with 0.5 to 1 arcsecond resolution of the following simultaneous observations were shown: green continuum, longitudinal magnetogram, Doppler velocity, Fe I 5576 A line center, H alpha wings, and H alpha line center. The best set of movies show a 90 x 90 arcsecond field-of-view of an active region at S29, W11. When viewed at speeds of a few thousand times real-time, the photospheric movies clearly show the active region fields being distorted by a remarkable combination of systematic flows and small eruptions of new flux. Flux emergence is most easily discovered in line center movies: an elongated dark feature appears first, followed soon after by bright points at one or both ends. A brief, strong upflow is seen when the dark feature first appears; downflow in the bright points persists much longer. The magnetic flux appears to increase gradually over this extended period. Some of the flux emergence events were studied in detail, with measurements of horizontal and vertical velocities and magnetic flux versus time within one footpoint of the loop.

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