Our global objective is to make a detailed study of the response of the quiet solar chromosphere, transition region and corona to the constantly evolving photospheric magnetic field - these joint observations will show that there is no place in the solar atmosphere that is magnetically or dynamically quiet. With these observations we hope to gain reasonable estimates of the energy flux through the chromosphere and lower transition region. Further, this study will allow to study the structural elements [spicules, fibrils, mottles, etc] of the chromosphere and transition region, assess the relevance/importance of magneto-atmospheric [MA] wave energy versus direct magnetic energy release in the atmosphere below temperatures at which thermal conduction becomes significant. Further, we can use these observations to investigate MA mode generation, coupling and conversion as a result of photospheric motions and their interplay with magnetic structures.
To reach the global objective we will need to make detailed measurements of the targeted magnetic environment, monitor the multitude of magneto-atmospheric waves and the radiative response of the plasma at multiple "heights" threading the atmosphere. We will perform the observations [detailed below] at chosen target locations during the WHI QS period. |
|