Alfven Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere

Details Alfven Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere Alfven Waves in the Lower Solar Atmosphere

2009-03-20

arxiv.org/abs/0903.3546v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

Published in Science 20-March-2009, 4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1126/science.1168680

We report the detection of oscillatory phenomena associated with a large bright-point group that is 430,000 square kilometers in area and located near the solar disk center. Wavelet analysis reveals full-width half-maximum oscillations with periodicities ranging from 126 to 700 seconds originating above the bright point and significance levels exceeding 99%. These oscillations, 2.6 kilometers per second in amplitude, are coupled with chromospheric line-of-sight Doppler velocities with an average blue shift of 23 kilometers per second. A lack of cospatial intensity oscillations and transversal displacements rules out the presence of magneto-acoustic wave modes. The oscillations are a signature of Alfven waves produced by a torsional twist of +/-22 degrees. A phase shift of 180 degrees across the diameter of the bright point suggests that these torsional Alfven oscillations are induced globally throughout the entire brightening. The energy flux associated with this wave mode is sufficient to heat the solar corona.

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