Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2009-02-09
Astrophys.J.695:1567-1576,2009
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal (April 20, 2009 issue)
Scientific paper
10.1088/0004-637X/695/2/1567
We analyze intermediate degree p-mode eigenfrequencies measured by GONG and MDI/SOHO over a solar cycle to study the source of their variability. We carry out a correlation analysis between the change in frequencies and several measures of the Sun's magnetic activity that are sensitive to changes at different levels in the solar atmosphere. The observations span a period of about 12 years starting from mid-1996 (the minimum of cycle 23) to early-2008 (near minimum of cycle 24), corresponding to a nearly complete solar activity cycle. We demonstrate that the frequencies do vary in phase with the solar activity indices, however the degree of correlation differs from phase to phase of the cycle. During the rising and declining phases, the mode frequency shifts are strongly correlated with the activity proxies whereas during the high-activity period, the shifts have significantly lower correlation with all activity proxies, except for the 10.7-cm radio flux. In particular, the proxies that are only influenced by the variation of the strong component of the magnetic field in the photosphere have a much lower correlation at the high-activity period. On the other hand, the shifts are better correlated with the proxies sensitive to changes in the weak component of the magnetic field. Our correlation analysis suggests that more than 90% of the variation in the oscillation frequencies in all activity phases can be explained by changes in both components of the magnetic field. Further, the slopes obtained from the linear regression analysis also differ from phase to phase and show a strong correlation with the correlation coefficients between frequency shifts and solar activity.
Hill F. F.
Jain Kiran
Tripathy Sushant C.
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