Chromospheric fine structure studies

Abstract

Mottles and spicules are the most prominent, short-lived, dynamic features residing at the quiet Sun chromospheric network and constitute what is known as chromospheric fine structure. We are reporting a comprehensive study of the dynamical characteristics and physical properties of such structures, from multi-wavelength observations, using line inversion techniques and a wavelet spectral analysis. We are furthermore examining their dynamical evolution and their periodic bi-directional velocity behaviour, their interrelationship and their association with the underlying magnetic field which seems to be their forming and driving mechanism. These studies are crucial to understanding the dynamics of the solar chromosphere, as well as the role such structures play in the mass balance and heating of the overlying solar atmosphere.