Bibcode
Salabert, D.; Leibacher, J.; Appourchaux, T.; Hill, F.
Bibliographical reference
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 696, Issue 1, pp. 653-667 (2009).
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2009
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Citations
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Description
We present an adaptation of the rotation-corrected, m-averaged spectrum
technique designed to observe low signal-to-noise ratio (S/N),
low-frequency solar p-modes. The frequency shift of each of the 2l + 1 m
spectra of a given (n, l) multiplet is chosen that maximizes the
likelihood of the m-averaged spectrum. A high S/N can result from
combining individual low S/N, individual-m spectra, none of which would
yield a strong enough peak to measure. We apply the technique to Global
Oscillation Network Group and Michelson Doppler Imager data and show
that it allows us to measure modes with lower frequencies than those
obtained with classic peak-fitting analysis of the individual-m spectra.
We measure their central frequencies, splittings, asymmetries,
lifetimes, and amplitudes. The low frequency, low- and
intermediate-angular degrees rendered accessible by this new method
correspond to modes that are sensitive to the deep solar interior down
to the core (l <= 3) and to the radiative interior (4 <= l <=
35). Moreover, the low-frequency modes have deeper upper turning points,
and are thus less sensitive to the turbulence and magnetic fields of the
outer layers, as well as uncertainties in the nature of the external
boundary condition. As a result of their longer lifetimes (narrower
linewidths) at the same S/N the determination of the frequencies of
lower frequency modes is more accurate, and the resulting inversions
should be more precise.
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