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Spectropolarimetric evidence for a siphon flow along an emerging magnetic flux tube

B. Ruiz CoboB. Ruiz CoboSami K. SolankiSami K. SolankiJ. Blanco RodríguezM. Van NoortJ. C. Del Toro IniestaW. SchmidtD. Orozco SuárezLaurent GizonLaurent GizonM. KnölkerIker S. RequereyIker S. RequereyV. Martínez PilletPeter BartholJohann HirzbergerAchim GandorferTino L. Riethmüller

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010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciencesPolarity (physics)photosphere [Sun]FOS: Physical sciencesAstrophysicspolarimetric [Techniques]01 natural sciencesMethods: observational0103 physical sciencesSunriseAstrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysicsobservational [Methods]010303 astronomy & astrophysicsSun: magnetic fieldsSolar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)0105 earth and related environmental sciencesLine (formation)PhysicsSolar observatoryPolarity symbolsTechniques: polarimetricSun: photosphereAstronomy and AstrophysicsMagnetic fluxMagnetic fieldAstrophysics - Solar and Stellar AstrophysicsFlow (mathematics)magnetic fields [Sun]Space and Planetary Science

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©2017 The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.We study the dynamics and topology of an emerging magnetic flux concentration using high spatial resolution spectropolarimetric data acquired with the Imaging Magnetograph eXperiment on board the sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory. We obtain the full vector magnetic field and the line of sight (LOS) velocity through inversions of the Fe i line at 525.02 nm with the SPINOR code. The derived vector magnetic field is used to trace magnetic field lines. Two magnetic flux concentrations with different polarities and LOS velocities are found to be connected by a group of arch-shaped magnetic field lines. The positive polarity footpoint is weaker (1100 G) and displays an upflow, while the negative polarity footpoint is stronger (2200 G) and shows a downflow. This configuration is naturally interpreted as a siphon flow along an arched magnetic flux tube.

10.3847/1538-4365/229/1/15http://hdl.handle.net/10261/147538