Bibcode
Krishna Prasad, S.; Jess, D. B.; Khomenko, E.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 812, Issue 1, article id. L15, 7 pp. (2015).
Fecha de publicación:
10
2015
Número de citas
47
Número de citas referidas
46
Descripción
Recent high-resolution observations of sunspot oscillations using
simultaneously operated ground- and space-based telescopes reveal the
intrinsic connection between different layers of the solar atmosphere.
However, it is not clear whether these oscillations are externally
driven or generated in situ. We address this question by using
observations of propagating slow magnetoacoustic waves along a coronal
fan loop system. In addition to the generally observed decreases in
oscillation amplitudes with distance, the observed wave amplitudes are
also found to be modulated with time, with similar variations observed
throughout the propagation path of the wave train. Employing
multi-wavelength and multi-instrument data, we study the amplitude
variations with time as the waves propagate through different layers of
the solar atmosphere. By comparing the amplitude modulation period in
different layers, we find that slow magnetoacoustic waves observed in
sunspots are externally driven by photospheric p-modes, which propagate
upward into the corona before becoming dissipated.
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