Letter to the Editor

Small-scale magnetic field dynamics on the Sun at high spatial and temporal resolution

¹ Institut für Astrophysik, Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1, 37077 Göttingen, Germany e-mail: [nazaret;olok;kneer]@astro.physik.uni-goettingen.de
² Central Astronomical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Pulkovskoye chaussee 65/1, 196140 St. Petersburg, Russia

Received: 25 June 2008
Accepted: 18 September 2008

Abstract

Aims. We present examples of the time evolution of phenomena occurring in the quiet Sun photosphere as seen from observations of high spatial and spectral resolution and with a time cadence of 23 s.

Methods. A time sequence of about 5 min has been taken with the Göttingen Fabry-Perot spectropolarimeter at the VTT in the  6173 Å line. The data were reconstructed with speckle methods.

Results. With a polarimetric sensitivity of 2  10 ( G), the formation of a bright point as seen from broadband and line-minimum intensities, as well as in magnetograms and Dopplergrams can be traced in detail. Other events, like a stable mixed-polarity configuration in the intergranules and the appearance of magnetic signature above granules in both dark and bright areas are presented.