Supersonic Magnetic Upflows in Granular Cells Observed with SUNRISE/IMAX

Bibcode
2010ApJ...723L.144B
DOI
10.1088/2041-8205/723/2/L144
Borrero, J. M.; Martínez-Pillet, V.; Schlichenmaier, R.; Solanki, S. K.; Bonet, J. A.; del Toro Iniesta, J. C.; Schmidt, W.; Barthol, P.; Gandorfer, A.; Domingo, V.; Knölker, M.
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The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 723, Issue 2, pp. L144-L148 (2010).

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2010
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11
IAC number of authors
2
Citations
47
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36
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Using the IMaX instrument on board the SUNRISE stratospheric balloon telescope, we have detected extremely shifted polarization signals around the Fe I 5250.217 Å spectral line within granules in the solar photosphere. We interpret the velocities associated with these events as corresponding to supersonic and magnetic upflows. In addition, they are also related to the appearance of opposite polarities and highly inclined magnetic fields. This suggests that they are produced by the reconnection of emerging magnetic loops through granular upflows. The events occupy an average area of 0.046 arcsec2 and last for about 80 s, with larger events having longer lifetimes. These supersonic events occur at a rate of 1.3 × 10-5 occurrences per second per arcsec2.
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Magnetic fields are at the base of star formation and stellar structure and evolution. When stars are born, magnetic fields brake the rotation during the collapse of the mollecular cloud. In the end of the life of a star, magnetic fields can play a key role in the form of the strong winds that lead to the last stages of stellar evolution. During
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