Stokes profile analysis and vector magnetic fields. I. Inversion of photospheric lines
Stokes profile analysis and vector magnetic fields. I. Inversion of photospheric lines
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10.1086/165743
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发表时间:
1987-11
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A. Skumanich;B. Lites
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作者:
A. Skumanich;B. Lites
Improvements are proposed for the Auer et al. (1977) method for the analytic inversion of Stokes profiles via nonlinear least squares. The introduction of additional physics into the Mueller absorption matrix (by including damping wings and magnetooptical birefringence, and by decoupling the intensity profile from the three-vector polarization profile in the analysis) is found to result in a more robust inversion method, providing more reliable and accurate estimates of sunspot vector magnetic fields without significant loss of economy. The method is applied to sunspot observations obtained with the High Altitude Observatory polarimeter. 29 references.