Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010agufmsh13a..03h&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2010, abstract #SH13A-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
[7524] Solar Physics, Astrophysics, And Astronomy / Magnetic Fields
Scientific paper
Solar magnetic features no longer have any expectation of privacy and understanding the Sun’s magnetic field is the key to space weather prediction. The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on the Solar Dynamics Observatory measures polarized line profiles that measure both line-of-sight and vector magnetic fields in the photosphere. The longitudinal field is measured every 45 seconds with filtergrams from the same camera used to determine the velocity. The Stokes parameters are calculated from a longer sequence taken with a second 4096 x 4096 CCD. Inversion and disambiguation provide an estimate of the vector magnetic field components and uncertainties at least every 12 minutes in active regions. Full disk synoptic observations began in April and magnetograms are available shortly after they are observed from jsoc.stanford.edu along with a plethora of other useful magnetic field products. The low-noise line-of-sight measurements compare favorably with MDI and GONG. The vector field is being compared with other observations and appears quite stable, even in small strong-field concentrations outside of active regions. Scattered light is low and the sensitivity is very good. HMI observes the entire disk all of the time, so any feature of interest can be tracked during its entire disk passage without interruption. Knowing the detailed time development will lead to better understanding of energy storage and release in the atmosphere above and what leads to the spectacular events detected by AIA, EVE, and other instruments.
HMI Magnetic Field Team
Hoeksema Jon Todd
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