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Paper: Downflow Patches in a Penumbra Observed with the Hinode Spectro-Polarimeter
Volume: 415, The Second Hinode Science Meeting: Beyond Discovery-Toward Understanding
Page: 117
Authors: Katsukawa, Y.; Jurčák, J.
Abstract: We here present a new observational signature of dynamics in a sunspot penumbra. The dynamics are observed as a small patch of downflows distributed sparsely in a center-side penumbra, and not observed in a limb-side penumbra. The distribution suggests that the downflow is aligned to magnetic field lines relatively vertical to the surface. The flow might be related to dissipation of magnetic energies in a penumbra.
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