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Sep 1992
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992apj...396..351t&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 396, no. 1, Sept. 1, 1992, p. 351-363. Research supported by Lockheed Indep
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Faculae, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Signatures, Solar Activity, Solar Magnetic Field, Solar Observatories, Sunspots
Scientific paper
Measurements are presented which indicate that the continuum intensity of facular areas in solar active regions, outside sunspots and pores, is less than that of the quiet sun very near disk center. It is shown that the observed continuum intensity of faculae at disk center near 5000 A is nearly 3 percent less than that of the quiet sun. The continuum contrast increases rapidly away from disk center, reaching +2 percent at 45 deg. The zero-crossing point, where the contrast changes sign, occurs at 20-degree heliocentric angle. This is contrary to many earlier observations. The constraint these observations place on the size of flux tubes depends upon the value of the zero-crossing point. It is proposed that most of the flux tubes in solar faculae may be very small, in the range 50-100 km in diameter, and that inclination from local vertical of about 10 deg at the photosphere is common on the sun. Footpoints of opposite polarity tend to tilt toward one another.
Tarbell Ted D.
Title Alan M.
Topka Ken P.
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