Determining the Magnetic Field of Active Region Plages Using the Whole CLASP2/2.1 Spectral Window

David Afonso Delgado, Tanausú del Pino Alemán, Javier Trujillo Bueno, Ryohko Ishikawa, Ernest Alsina Ballester, David E. McKenzie, Luca Belluzzi, Christian Bethge, Ken Kobayashi, Takenori J. Okamoto, Laurel A. Rachmeler, Donguk Song, Jiří Štěpán, Bart de Pontieu, Adam R. Kobelski, Genevieve D. Vigil, Frédéric Auchère, Ryouhei Kano, Amy Winebarger

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Abstract

The Chromospheric LAyer SpectroPolarimeter missions, CLASP2 and CLASP2.1, demonstrated that the near-UV spectral region between 279.30 and 280.68 nm is suitable for studying the magnetism of the solar chromosphere. In particular, the spectropolarimetric observations in the Mg ii h and k resonant doublet, Mn i 279.91 and 280.19 nm resonant lines, and Fe ii 279.79 and 280.66 nm lines acquired by these suborbital space experiments have been proven useful for inferring the magnetic field stratification in the solar chromosphere. However, several lines of the CLASP2/2.1 spectral region with significant circular polarization signals had remained unexplored. After identifying two Ni i (279.95 and 280.59 nm) lines, one Mn ii (280.62 nm) line, and one Fe i (280.53 nm) line, here we apply the weak-field approximation to the spectropolarimetric observations of active region plages by CLASP2 and CLASP2.1. By comparing the results with previous studies, we are able to estimate the formation heights of these CLASP2/2.1 additional spectral lines and to demonstrate their suitability to determine the magnetic field stratification from the photosphere to the upper chromosphere.

Original languageEnglish
Article number164
JournalAstrophysical Journal
Volume991
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2025
Externally publishedYes

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