Probability density functions to represent magnetic fields at the solar surface

dc.contributor.author	Sampoorna, M
dc.date.accessioned	2010-05-19T17:06:34Z
dc.date.available	2010-05-19T17:06:34Z
dc.date.issued	2010
dc.identifier.citation	Hasan, S. S and Rutten, R. T., eds., Magnetic coupling between the interior and atmosphere of the Sun, Proceedings of the conference "Centenary commemoration of the discovery of the Evershed effect" Dec, 2 - 5, 2008, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India, pp. 141 – 149	en
dc.identifier.issn	978-3-642-02858-8
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/5118
dc.description	Open Access
dc.description.abstract	Numerical simulations of magneto-convection and analysis of solar magnetogram data provide empirical probability density functions (PDFs) for the line-of-sight component of the magnetic field. In this paper, we theoretically explore effects of several types of PDFs on polarized Zeeman line formation. We also propose composite PDFs to account for randomness in both field strength and orientation. Such PDFs can possibly mimic random fields at the solar surface.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Springer	en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings;
dc.relation.uri	http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.1911	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02859-5_10	en
dc.rights	© Springer	en
dc.title	Probability density functions to represent magnetic fields at the solar surface	en
dc.type	Article	en