Chromospheric Magnetism and the Hanle Effect
Javier Trujillo Bueno

Institute: Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias; Tenerife

Contact Email: jtb@ll.iac.es

Abstract: This article shows how some recent developments in the observation and theoretical modeling of weak polarization signals in chromospheric spectral lines are facilitating fundamental new advances in our ability to investigate the magnetism of the solar outer atmosphere via spectropolarimetry.

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Index Keywords: Solar magnetic fields: chromosphere ; Scattering polarization ; The Hanle and Zeeman effects ; Stellar outer atmospheres

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Manuscript submitted: 2001-Sep-27
"The Future of Cool-Star Astrophysics", 2003, Eds. A. Brown, G. M. Harper, & T. R. Ayres. Proceedings of 12th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, & The Sun,
© 2003 University of Colorado.