Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 1997
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997apj...486l..67c&link_type=abstract
Astrophysical Journal Letters v.486, p.L67
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
47
Magnetohydrodynamics: Mhd, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sun: Oscillations, Sun: Sunspots
Scientific paper
The interaction of f- and p-modes with a slab of vertical magnetic field of sunspot strength is simulated numerically in two spatial dimensions. Both f-modes and p-modes are partially converted to slow magnetoatmospheric gravity (MAG) waves within the magnetic slab because of the strong gravitational stratification of the plasma along the magnetic lines of force. The slow MAG waves propagate away from the conversion layer guided by the magnetic field lines, and the energy they extract from the incident f- and p-modes results in a reduced amplitude for these modes as they exit from the back side of the slab. In addition, the incident p-modes are partially mixed into f-modes of comparable frequency, and therefore larger spherical harmonic degree, when they exit the magnetic flux concentration. These findings have important implications for the interpretation of observations of p-mode absorption by sunspots, both in terms of the successes and failures of this simple numerical simulation viewed in the sunspot seismology context.
Bogdan Thomas. J.
Cally Paul S.
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