Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2008-02-13
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in A&A (Hinode Special Issue)
Scientific paper
10.1051/0004-6361:20079022
We report the discovery of isolated, small-scale emerging magnetic fields in a plage region with the Solar Optical Telescope aboard Hinode. Spectro-polarimetric observations were carried out with a cadence of 34 seconds for the plage region located near disc center. The vector magnetic fields are inferred by Milne-Eddington inversion. The observations reveal widespread occurrence of transient, spatially isolated horizontal magnetic fields. The lateral extent of the horizontal magnetic fields is comparable to the size of photospheric granules. These horizontal magnetic fields seem to be tossed about by upflows and downflows of the granular convection. We also report an event that appears to be driven by the magnetic buoyancy instability. We refer to buoyancy-driven emergence as type1 and convection-driven emergence as type2. Although both events have magnetic field strengths of about 600 G, the filling factor of type1 is a factor of two larger than that of type2. Our finding suggests that the granular convection in the plage regions is characterized by a high rate of occurrence of granular-sized transient horizontal fields.
Ichimoto Kiyoshi
Ishikawa Ryohko
Isobe Hiroaki
Katsukawa Yukio
Lites Bruce W.
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