Quiet-Sun Internetwork Magnetic Fields from the Inversion of Hinode Measurements
Lites, B. W.; Ichimoto, K.; Bellot Rubio, L. R.; Tsuneta, S.; Suematsu, Y.; Katsukawa, Y.; Shimizu, T.; Tarbell, T. D.; Shine, R. A.; Title, A. M.; Nagata, S.; del Toro Iniesta, J. C.; Orozco Suárez, D.
Spain, Japan, United States
Abstract
We analyze Fe I 630 nm observations of the quiet Sun at disk center taken with the spectropolarimeter of the Solar Optical Telescope aboard the Hinode satellite. A significant fraction of the scanned area, including granules, turns out to be covered by magnetic fields. We derive field strength and inclination probability density functions from a Milne-Eddington inversion of the observed Stokes profiles. They show that the internetwork consists of very inclined, hG fields. As expected, network areas exhibit a predominance of kG field concentrations. The high spatial resolution of Hinode's spectropolarimetric measurements brings to an agreement the results obtained from the analysis of visible and near-infrared lines.