Magnetic field vector and electron density diagnostics from linear polarization measurements in 14 solar prominences

Details Magnetic field vector and electron density diagnostics from linear polarization measurements in 14 solar prominences Magnetic field vector and electron density diagnostics from linear polarization measurements in 14 solar prominences

Dec 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986nascp2442..209b&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Coronal and Prominence Plasmas p 209-213 (SEE N87-20871 13-92)

Physics

Electron Density (Concentration), Line Spectra, Linear Polarization, Optical Depolarization, Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Prominences, H Beta Line, Solar Physics, Spectrum Analysis, Vector Analysis

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The Hanle effect is the modification of the linear polarization parameters of a spectral line due to the effect of the magnetic field. It has been successfully applied to the magnetic field vector diagnostic in solar prominences. The magnetic field vector is determined by comparing the measured polarization to the polarization computed, taking into account all the polarizing and depolarizing processes in line formation and the depolarizing effect of the magnetic field. The method was applied to simultaneous polarization measurements in the Helium D3 line and in the hydrogen beta line in 14 prominences. Four polarization parameters are measured, which lead to the determination of the three coordinates of the magnetic field vector and the electron density, owing to the sensitivity of the hydrogen beta line to the non-negligible effect of depolarizing collisions with electrons and protons of the medium. A mean value of 1.3 x 10 to the 10th power cu. cm. is derived in 14 prominences.

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