Flare induced penumbra formation in the sunspot of NOAA 10838

Details Flare induced penumbra formation in the sunspot of NOAA 10838 Flare induced penumbra formation in the sunspot of NOAA 10838

2010-10-06

arxiv.org/abs/1010.1082v2

IAU symposium 273 Proceedings, 2010

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

4 pages, Presented at IAU symposium 273- Physics of Sun and Starspots

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We have observed formation of penumbrae on a pore in the active region NOAA10838 using Dunn Solar Telescope at NSO,Sunpot,USA. Simultaneous observations using different instruments (DLSP,UBF,Gband and CaK) provide us with vector magnetic field at photosphere, intensity images and Doppler velocity at different heights from photosphere to chromosphere. Results from our analysis of this particular data-set suggests that penumbrae are formed as a result of relaxation of magnetic field due to a flare happening at the same time. Images in \Halpha\ show the flare (C 2.9 as per GOES) and vector magnetic fields show a re-orientation and reduction in the global $\alpha$ value (a measure of twist). We feel such relaxation of loop structures due to reconnections or flare could be one of the way by which field lines fall back to the photosphere to form penumbrae.

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