Spectropolarimetric inversions: Our key to unlocking the secrets of the solar atmosphere
Whitepaper #335 in the Decadal Survey for Solar and Space Physics (Heliophysics) 2024-2033. Main topics: space weather applications; basic research. Additional topics: space weather research/applications/operations pipeline; ground-based missions/projects; solar physics; […]
by Kevin Reardon, Ivan Milic, Joao da Silva Santos, Andrea Diercke, Catherine Fischer, Ryan Anthony Hofmann, Johnathan Stauffer, Momchil Molnar, Rebecca Centeno, Tom Schad, Han Uitenbroek, Chris R. Gilly, Gianna Cauzzi, Alin Razvan Paraschiv, Rahul Yadav, James Crowley, Alfred de Wijn, and Matthew West
Published onJul 31, 2023
Spectropolarimetric inversions: Our key to unlocking the secrets of the solar atmosphere
The physical conditions on the Sun can be inferred from the shapes of solar spectral lines by solving a complicated, ill-posed inverse problem. Powerful codes are being developed that treat complex aspects of the solar atmosphere. To unlock their full potential, the community must make a concerted, sizable effort to improve the physical veracity and computational tractability of these techniques.
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