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Issue A&A Volume 369, Number 2, April II 2001 Page(s) 643 Section The Sun DOI 10.1051/0004-6361:20010033

A&A 369, 643- (2001)
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20010033

Spectral signature of uncombed penumbral magnetic fields

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J. Sánchez Almeida

Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, 38200 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain

(Received 11 December 2000 / Accepted 13 December 2000 )

Abstract
The conservation of magnetic flux demands a magnetic field fine structure as small as 15 km to explain the net circular polarization observed in penumbrae (Sánchez Almeida 1998). A recent work by Martínez Pillet (2000) claims that modeling penumbrae as a collection of fluxtubes 100 km wide suffices. We identify several shortcomings of such modeling so that it is presently unclear whether it really contradicts the former conclusion.

Key words: Sun: magnetic fields -- sunspots

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