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Problems in the interpretation of polarization measurements in active regions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Eberhard Wiehr*
Affiliation:
Göttingen, Universìtäts-Sternwarte, Germany

Abstract

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Difficulties and uncertainties are discussed concerning the calibration of the response of a solar vector magnetograph (linear and circular polarization degrees) in terms of field strength H and angle of inclination to the line of sight Ψ using the theory of line formation in magnetic fields (Unno, 1956).

Type
Part III: Optical Structure of an Active Region
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

References

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