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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES
Volume 379, Issue 2190, Pages -Publisher
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2020.0216
Keywords
solar spectropolarimetry; solar MHD waves; chromospheric dynamics
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- Invest NI and Randox Laboratories Ltd Research & Development grant [059RDEN-1]
- European Research Council [682462]
- Research Council of Norway [262622]
- Department for the Economy (Northern Ireland)
- European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme [82135, 739500]
- STFC [ST/P000304/1, ST/K004220/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- European Research Council (ERC) [682462] Funding Source: European Research Council (ERC)
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The instrumental advances in 4m class solar telescopes allow for unprecedented detail in studying chromospheric magnetic fields and MHD wave processes. Recent research using cutting-edge spectropolarimetric observations has revealed a clear link between intensity and circular polarization fluctuations in a specific area of a sunspot chromosphere, suggesting the presence of Alfvenic perturbations.
The instrumental advances made in this new era of 4m class solar telescopes with unmatched spectropolarimetric accuracy and sensitivity will enable the study of chromospheric magnetic fields and their dynamics with unprecedented detail. In this regard, spectropolarimetric diagnostics can provide invaluable insight into magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) wave processes. MHD waves and, in particular, Alfvenic fluctuations associated with particular wave modes were recently recognized as important mechanisms not only for the heating of the outer layers of the Sun's atmosphere and the acceleration of the solar wind, but also for the elemental abundance anomaly observed in the corona of the Sun and other Sun-like stars (also known as first ionization potential) effect. Here, we take advantage of state-of-the-art and unique spectropolarimetric Interferometric BIdimensional Spectrometer observations to investigate the relation between intensity and circular polarization (CP) fluctuations in a sunspot chromosphere. Our results show a clear link between the intensity and CP fluctuations in a patch which corresponds to a narrow range of magnetic field inclinations. This suggests the presence of Alfvenic perturbations in the sunspot. This article is part of the Theo Murphy meeting issue 'High-resolution wave dynamics in the lower solar atmosphere'.
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