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PP 014107

Hierarchical analysis of the quiet Sun magnetism

A. Asensio Ramos & M. J. Martínez González
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna
Standard statistical analysis of the magnetic properties of the quiet Sun rely on simple histograms of quantities inferred from maximum-likelihood estimations. Because of the inherent degeneracies, either intrinsic or induced by the noise, this approach is not optimal and can lead to highly biased results. We carry out a meta-analysis of the magnetism of the quiet Sun from Hinode observations using a hierarchical probabilistic method. This model allows us to infer the statistical properties of the magnetic field vector over the observed field-of-view consistently taking into account the uncertainties in each pixel due to noise and degeneracies. Our results point out that the magnetic fields are very weak, below 275 G with 95% credibility, with a slight preference for horizontal fields, although the distribution is not far from a quasi-isotropic distribution.

 
Aceptado para publicación en A&A | Enviado el 2014-10-23 | Proyecto P/300725