The Solar Photospheric Continuum Brightness as a Function of Mean Magnetic Flux Density. I. The Role of the Magnetic Structure Size Distribution

• Published in: The Astrophysical journal Vol. 870; no. 2; pp. 89 - 95
• Main Authors: Peck, C. L., Rast, M. P., Criscuoli, S., Rempel, M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The American Astronomical Society 10.01.2019
• Subjects: Sun: activity; Sun: magnetic fields; Sun: photosphere

Solar irradiance models indicate that irradiance variations are dominated by changes in the disk-coverage of magnetic structures, whose brightness is thought to be determined by their size and average magnetic flux density. Recent results suggest that the brightness of small-scale magnetic structure...