Quiet sun magnetic fields vs. polar faculae -: local vs. global dynamo?

Quiet Sun magnetic fields in the intemetwork are almost ubiquitous. Simultaneous observations in infra-red and visible lines and high spatial resolution (< 0.5") data in visible lines show that their field strengths range from below few hundred Gauss to kilo-Gauss. Most of the flux is contained in small-scale, strong-field features located mainly in intergranular lanes. The average unsigned flux density exceeds 20 Gauss. The new detections are confirmed by recent quiet Sun observations in the G band. The generation of the strong fields in the intemetwork, which may be due to a local dynamo, poses a challenging problem. - Polar faculae (PFe) are small-scale magnetic features at the polar caps of the Sun. They take part in the solar cycle and are thus likely to be rooted deeply in the solar interior. They are the result of the global dynamo at the solar poles. PFe also possess kilo-Gauss magnetic fields which have the same polarity as the global magnetic field. The r (o) over cap le of quiet Sun magnetic field structures and of PFe for the dynamics of the corona and for the solar wind are addressed.