Multicomponent He I 10830 Å profiles in an active filament
arXiv:1101.5563 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/200912956
Abstract
We present new spectropolarimetric observations of the chromospheric He I 10830 Å multiplet observed in a filament during its phase of activity. The data were recorded with the new Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter (TIP-II) at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT) on 2005 May 18. We inverted the He Stokes profiles using multiple atmospheric components. The observed He Stokes profiles display a remarkably wide variety of shapes. Most of the profiles show very broad Stokes I absorptions and complex and spatially variable Stokes V signatures. The inversion of the profiles shows evidence of different atmospheric blue- and redshifted components of the He I lines within the resolution element (1 arcsec), with supersonic velocities of up to 100 km/s. Up to five different atmospheric components are found in the same profile. We show that even these complex profiles can be reliably inverted.
Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics on September 27, 2010
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