Abstract
I present a study of high-resolution time series of Ca IIH images and Fe I 630.15 nm spectra taken with the Solar Optical Telescope on the Hinode spacecraft. There is excellent correspondence between the Ca IIH and the Fe I line core intensity, except tenuous emission around the network field concentrations in the former that is absent in the latter. Analysis of on-disk observations and a comparison with limb observations suggests that this "network haze" corresponds to spicules, and likely to type-II spicules in particular. They are known to appear in emission in on-disk broadband Ca IIH diagnostics and the network haze is strongest in those areas where features similar to type-II spicules are produced in simulations.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | L17 |
| Journal | Astrophysical Journal Letters |
| Volume | 757 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - Sep 20 2012 |
Keywords
- Sun: chromosphere
- Sun: surface magnetism
- Sun: transition region