Wavelet analysis of a magnetogram |
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Authors: | R W Komm |
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Institution: | (1) National Solar Observatory, National Astronomy Observatories, 85726 Tucson, AZ, USA |
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Abstract: | I analyze a quiet-Sun magnetogram with an orthogonal wavelet transform, which allows me to define an entropy measure. The entropy measure of the magnetogram as a function of spatial scale obeys a scaling law, which leads to a fractal dimension ofD
f
= 1.7. Furthermore, the entropy scaling law is directly related to the intermittency of magnetic features, which increases for decreasing spatial scales, as expected for a turbulent signal. In this context, the scaling law parameter can be interpreted as a fractional reduction in volume from one step of the turbulent cascade to the next.Operated by the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy, Inc., under cooperative agreement with the National Science Foundation. |
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