Speaker
Maria Loukitcheva
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung)
Description
Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array (ALMA) is opening a new chapter in the
study of the Sun by providing a leap in spatial resolution and sensitivity compared
to currently available millimeter wavelength observations. Using state of the art
radiation MHD simulations of the solar atmosphere we demonstrate the huge potential
of ALMA observations for uncovering the nature of the solar chromosphere. We show
that ALMA will provide a reliable probe of the chromospheric thermal structure as
well as a powerful new diagnostic of magnetic field at chromospheric heights.
Primary author
Maria Loukitcheva
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Sonnensystemforschung)
