Shocks in the Quiet Solar Photosphere: A Rather Common Occurrence

Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics

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ApJ Letters, submitted

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10.1086/428397

We present observations of the quiet solar photosphere in the \ion{Fe}{1} lines at 6302 \AA where at least four different spatial locations exhibit upwards-directed supersonic flows. These upflows can only be detected in the circular polarization profiles as a double-peaked structure in the blue lobe of both \ion{Fe}{1} lines. We have detected cases of either magnetic polarity in the data. The polarization signals associated with the upflows are very weak, which is probably why they had not been seen before in this type of observations. We propose that the observed flows are the signature of aborted convective collapse, similar to the case reported by \citeN{BRRHC+01}. Our data indicates that this phenomenon occurs frequently in the quiet Sun, which means that many magnetic elements (although the fraction is still unknown) are destroyed even before they are formed completely. The spectral signatures of supersonic upflows reported here are probably present in most spectro-polarimetric observations of sufficient signal-to-noise and spatial resolution.

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