SST/CRISP observations of convective flows in a sunspot penumbra

Evidence of convective rolls in a sunspot penumbra

Aims. We study the recently discovered twisting motion of bright penumbral filaments with the aim of constraining their geometry and the associated magnetic field. Methods. A large sunspot located 40 from disk center was observed at high resolution with the 1-m Swedish Solar Telescope. Inversions of multi-wavelength polarimetric data and speckle reconstructed time series of continuum images wer...

Structure of proper motions in a sunspot penumbra

Thick penumbra in a magnetostatic sunspot model

The conjecture that energy transport in sunspot penumbrae occurs through convection by an interchange of magnetic flux tubes is used in order to construct a magnetostatic model for a deep penumbra which is part of a global sunspot model. The model describes an overall mechanical equilibrium between the three stratifications: of the umbra, the penumbra, and of the solar convection zone, all of t...

structure of proper motions in a sunspot penumbra

Evolution of a Magnetic Flux Tube in a Sunspot Penumbra

The motion of an individual magnetic flux tube inside the penumbra of a sunspot is studied numerically. Here, we present preliminary results. The thin flux tube approximation together with a simplified radiative heat exchange with the surroundings is used to study the evolution of a flux tube embedded into a background given by a global magneto-static sunspot model. The investigation is underta...