2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/1883Assuming LTE, we synthesise solar G band spectra from the semiempirical flux-tube model of Briand Solanki (1995). The results agree with observed G-band bright-point contrasts within the uncertainty set by the amount of scattered light. We find that it is the weakening of spectral lines within the flux tube that makes the bright-point contrast in the G band exceed the continuum contrast. We also synthesise flux-tube spectra assuming LTE for the full wavelength range from UV to IR, and identify other promising passbands for flux-tube observations.4 pages, 3 figures, to appear in "Recent Insights into the Physics of the Sun and Heliosphere - Highlights from SOHO and Other Space Missions", ASP Conf. Ser. 200, 2001, Eds. P.Brekke, B. Fleck, J.B. GurmanAstrophysicstext