Local Modulation of Solar Oscillations by Magnetic Fields

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The amplitudes of solar oscillations measured in Doppler velocity are modulated by the presence of a strong photospheric magnetic field. Here we show that the amount of modulation cannot be predicted solely on the local photospheric magnetic field strength. Qualitatively, magnetic fields of similar strength have similar effects on the oscillations. Quantitatively, however, we find a ‘neighborhood effect’, so that the presence of a nearby sunspot affects oscillations in the area in its vicinity that has normal quiet-Sun magnetic field strength. Thus, different types of magnetic regions alter the oscillatory power to a varying degree, and the p-mode power within regions of similar magnetic field strength is more reduced if there is a sunspot present. The neighborhood effect falls off with distance from the sunspot. We also show that our measurements of the power modulation, in which we look at the effects on oscillations pixel by pixel, can be made consistent with results of amplitude modulation of modes as obtained from ring-diagram analysis of active regions, but only if the neighborhood effect on quiet-Sun regions is taken into account.

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