132 research outputs found
Flare induced penumbra formation in the sunspot of NOAA 10838
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 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.Comment: 4 pages, Presented at IAU symposium 273- Physics of Sun and Starspot
Seeing-Induced Errors in Solar Doppler Velocity Measurements
Imaging systems based on a narrow-band tunable filter are used to obtain
Doppler velocity maps of solar features. These velocity maps are created by
taking the difference between the blue- and red-wing intensity images of a
chosen spectral line. This method has the inherent assumption that these two
images are obtained under identical conditions. With the dynamical nature of
the solar features as well as the Earth's atmosphere, systematic errors can be
introduced in such measurements. In this paper, a quantitative estimate of the
errors introduced due to variable seeing conditions for ground-based
observations is simulated and compared with real observational data for
identifying their reliability. It is shown, under such conditions, that there
is a strong cross-talk from the total intensity to the velocity estimates.
These spurious velocities are larger in magnitude for the umbral regions
compared to the penumbra or quiet-sun regions surrounding the sunspots. The
variable seeing can induce spurious velocities up to about 1 km/s It is also
shown that adaptive optics, in general, helps in minimising this effect.Comment: 14 page
Global Twist of Sunspot Magnetic Fields Obtained from High Resolution Vector Magnetograms
The presence of fine structures in the sunspot vector magnetic fields has
been confirmed from Hinode as well as other earlier observations. We studied 43
sunspots based on the data sets taken from ASP/DLSP, Hinode (SOT/SP) and SVM
(USO). In this \emph{Letter}, (i) We introduce the concept of signed shear
angle (SSA) for sunspots and establish its importance for non force-free
fields. (ii) We find that the sign of global (force-free parameter) is
well correlated with the global SSA and the photospheric chirality of sunspots.
(iii) Local patches of opposite signs are present in the umbra of each
sunspot. The amplitude of the spatial variation of local in the umbra
is typically of the order of the global of the sunspot. (iv) We find
that the local is distributed as alternately positive and negative
filaments in the penumbra. The amplitude of azimuthal variation of the local
in the penumbra is approximately an order of magnitude larger than
that in the umbra. The contributions of the local positive and negative
currents and in the penumbra cancel each other giving almost no
contribution for their global values for whole sunspot. (v) Arc-like structures
(partial rings) with a sign opposite to that of the dominant sign of
of the umbral region are seen at the umbral-penumbral boundaries of some
sunspots. (vi) Most of the sunspots studied, belong to the minimum epoch of the
23 solar cycle and do not follow the so-called hemispheric helicity
rule.Comment: 15 pages, 3 figures, 1 table; Accepted for publication in the ApJ
Letter
On the Weakening of Chromospheric Magnetic Field in Active Regions
Simultaneous measurement of line-of-sight (LOS) magnetic and velocity fields
at the photosphere and chromosphere are presented. Fe I line at
and at are used respectively for deriving the
physical parameters at photospheric and chromospheric heights. The LOS magnetic
field obtained through the center-of-gravity method show a linear relation
between photospheric and chromospheric field for field strengths less than 700
G. But in strong field regions, the LOS magnetic field values derived from
are much weaker than what one gets from the linear relationship
and also from those expected from the extrapolation of the photospheric
magnetic field. We discuss in detail the properties of magnetic field observed
in from the point of view of observed velocity gradients. The
bisector analysis of Stokes profiles show larger velocity
gradients in those places where strong photospheric magnetic fields are
observed. These observations may support the view that the stronger fields
diverge faster with height compared to weaker fields.Comment: accepted for publication in Ap
Resources of Ribbon Fish and Cat Fish off the South West Coast of lndia
The acoustic surveys and fishing experiments
conducted by the research vessels
RASTRELLIGER and SARDINELLA of the
Pelagic Fishery Project from Ratnagiri to
the Gulf of Mannar for the past four years
have considerably enhanced our knowledge
of the pelagic fishery resources, their
abundance and seasonal distribution and
possible methods of exploitation (Anonymous
1974, 1975 & 1976). The average
annual landings of ribbon fish and cat fish
for the past ten years with 78,000tonnes
form only 7.7% of the total marine fish
production in India
Resonance Line Polarization in Spherically Symmetric Moving Media: a Parametric Study
In the present paper we consider the problem of resonance line polarization
formed in the spherically symmetric expanding atmospheres. For the solution of
the concerned polarized transfer equation we use the comoving frame
formulation, and apply the Accelerated Lambda Iteration (ALI) method. We
restrict ourselves to the non-relativistic regime of velocities wherein mainly
Doppler shift effects are significant. For our studies, we consider the
scattering on a two-level atom, including the effects of partial frequency
redistribution (PFR). We present the dependence of linearly polarized profiles
on different atmospheric and atomic parameters.Comment: 10 pages, 6 figures, Proceedings of the 9th Solar Polarization
Workshop SPW9, A workshop held in Gottingen, Germany, from August 26 to
August 30, 201
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