Extended AbstractThe polarimetric observations of the quiet sun show linear polarization in molecular lines of C2, MgH, etc. The molecular lines are very faint in the intensity spectrum. Q branch transitions of MgH are considered in this study. Using radiative transfer calculations, we find that the intensity and polarization profiles of MgH lines can be matched for a range of inelastic collisional rates (ΓI) and depolarizing elastic collision rates (D(2)) of the transitions in solar atmosphere. It is shown that the physical constraints imposed on these parameters can be used to estimate them. This procedure also allows us to get the oscillator strength (f). It is found for the strong line 5156.652 Å,f= 0.12, ΓI, = 5.59 × l07sec−1andD(2)= 1.29 × 108sec−1. Most of the other lines observed are weak by a factor of 3 in intensity compared to the 5156.652 Å line but show a polarization value of the order of 0.08%. One such typical line is 5156.997 Å. This line can be fitted for the parametersf= 0.04, ΓI, = 1.22 × 107sec−1andD(2)= 2.95 × 107sec−1.
Polarization of Radio Molecular Lines and Mapping of Magnetic Field Direction
