TY - JOUR
T1 - Determining the Magnetic Field of Active Region Plages Using the Whole CLASP2/2.1 Spectral Window
AU - Afonso Delgado, David
AU - del Pino Alemán, Tanausú
AU - Trujillo Bueno, Javier
AU - Ishikawa, Ryohko
AU - Alsina Ballester, Ernest
AU - McKenzie, David E.
AU - Belluzzi, Luca
AU - Bethge, Christian
AU - Kobayashi, Ken
AU - Okamoto, Takenori J.
AU - Rachmeler, Laurel A.
AU - Song, Donguk
AU - Štěpán, Jiří
AU - de Pontieu, Bart
AU - Kobelski, Adam R.
AU - Vigil, Genevieve D.
AU - Auchère, Frédéric
AU - Kano, Ryouhei
AU - Winebarger, Amy
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025. The Author(s). Published by the American Astronomical Society.
PY - 2025/10/1
Y1 - 2025/10/1
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017060324
U2 - 10.3847/1538-4357/adfcd4
DO - 10.3847/1538-4357/adfcd4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105017060324
SN - 0004-637X
VL - 991
JO - Astrophysical Journal
JF - Astrophysical Journal
IS - 2
M1 - 164
ER -