Are chromospheric fibrils tracing the magnetic field?

Autores
Dr.
Jaime de la Cruz Rodríguez
Fecha y hora
10 Nov 2010 - 23:00 Europe/London
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Descripción

Fibrils are thin elongated features visible in the solar chromosphere in and around magnetized regions. Because of their visual appearance they have been traditionally considered a tracer of the magnetic field lines. In this work we challenge that notion for the first time by comparing their orientation to that of the magnetic field, obtained via high-resolution spectro-polarimetric observations of Ca II lines. The short answer to the question posed in the title is that mostly yes, but not always.