Transition region oscillations above sunspots

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Mar 2001

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Astronomy and Astrophysics, v.368, p.639-651 (2001)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Sun: Transition Region, Sun: Oscillations, Sun: Uv Radiation, Sunspots

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We present observations of three sunspots made in the EUV wavelength range with the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on SOHO. We examine time series of line intensities obtained with a 15-s cadence and calculate their Fourier power spectra and the wavelet transforms. We find oscillations in the chromosphere and transition region above sunspots in the temperature range 2 104-4 105 K. Most of the spectral power is contained in the 5-8 mHz frequency range, and the dominant frequency is 5.9 mHz (170 s period). We find a relationship between the oscillations and sunspot plumes which are compact features located above sunspots and bright in the transition region lines emitted between 1.7 105 and 4 105 K. When the CDS slit crosses a sunspot plume, the bright O IV 554.5 Å and O V 629.7 Å lines show clear 3 min oscillations. An extreme alternative interpretation that excludes the presence of oscillations in sunspot plumes carries the requirement that the adjacent low-intensity plasma oscillate with high relative amplitudes greater than 50 percent. We also observe oscillations in a fainter area above a sunspot, outside the sunspot plume. The oscillations seen at different temperatures are compared. Using the wavelet transform, we find variability of the oscillation period in the range 120-200 s.

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