Opposite polarity field with convective downflow and its relation to magnetic spines in a sunspot penumbra
arXiv:1211.5776 · doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201220899
Abstract
We discuss NICOLE inversions of Fe I 630.15 nm and 630.25 nm Stokes spectra from a sunspot penumbra recorded with the CRISP imaging spectropolarimeter on the Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope at a spatial resolution close to 0.15". We report on narrow radially extended lanes of opposite polarity field, located at the boundaries between areas of relatively horizontal magnetic field (the intra-spines) and much more vertical field (the spines). These lanes harbor convective downflows of about 1 km/s. The locations of these downflows close to the spines agree with predictions from the convective gap model (the "gappy penumbra") proposed six years ago, and more recent 3D MHD simulations. We also confirm the existence of strong convective flows throughout the entire penumbra, showing the expected correlation between temperature and vertical velocity, and having vertical RMS velocities of about 1.2 km/s.
Accepted for publication in A&A (06-March-2013). Minor corrections made in this versions
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