Bibcode
Goossens, Marcel; Arregui, I.; Andries, J.; Van Doorsselaere, T.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Astronomical Society, SPD meeting #37, #18.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.247
Fecha de publicación:
6
2006
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
Periods and damping times of quasi-mode fundamental kink oscillations
have been computed for non-uniform cylindrical models of coronal loops.
The radial inhomogeneity length-scale, the density contrast and the
internal Alfvén velocity are three equilibrium quantities that
determine the theoretical values of the period and damping times in 1-D
equilibrium models. From a seismological point of view this means that
observed values of period and damping time can be recovered by an
infinite number of equilibrium models. In other words, observed values
of period and damping time of the fundamental kink oscillation mode do
not allow a unique identification of even a 1-D equilibrium model. Only
if there is additional information on one of the three equilibrium
quantities, can we use the observed values of period and damping time to
determine the two remaining equilibrium quantities. However, it is not
all bad news. It turns out that, even without additional information, we
can determine upper limits to the internal Alfvén velocity. We
apply this scheme to the set of 11 loop oscillation events studied in
Goossens et al. 2002 and find constraints on the equilibrium parameters
for these 11 events.