Coronal magnetic fields are at the heart of most of the unsolved problems in solar physics and of the solar–terrestrial relationship. However, no routine measurements have been carried out for the magnetic field measurement in the solar corona, due to the weakness of its signature. In the past several decades, a number of techniques have been developed for coronal magnetic field diagnostics. In this talk, I will briefly review the methods that have been used for coronal magnetic field measurements, and then give an overview of the magnetic-induced transition, MIT method, including the physical principle, history, methodology, and examples of applications.
BIO
Wenxian Li received her Ph.D. in atomic physics in 2015 from Fudan University. In 2016-2018, Wenxian moved to Boulder for two years of the Advanced Study Program Postdoctoral Fellowship at the High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research. In 2018-2020, she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the Lund-Malmö Computational Atomic Spectroscopy group, LUMCAS in Sweden. Wenxian joined the Huairou Observing Station in the National Astronomical Observatories, NAOC/CAS in 2021. Wenxian’s scientific interests include solar magnetic field measurement, spectroscopy diagnostics and atomic structure computations.
Host: Junjie Mao
