Five-minute oscillations as a subsurface probe of sunspot structure

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Jun 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982natur.297..485t&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 297, June 10, 1982, p. 485-487.

Physics

75

Solar Oscillations, Sunspots, Power Spectra, Propagation Modes, Solar Atmosphere

Scientific paper

Observations of the sun which revealed the presence of oscillations due to the 5-min p-modes in the quiet atmosphere are reported. Umbral oscillations with a 145-190 sec period were detected, along with penumbral waves with a 180-250 sec period. The waves have been linked to resonant magneto-atmospheric wave modes in the sunspot atmosphere. The observations were made with a vacuum tower telescope and echelle spectrograph at Sacramento Peak Observatory. Results are presented of the Fe gamma 6,302.5 line. Irregularities in the umbral structures as to which p-mode initiated the activity are taken as evidence that the oscillations are related to activities in sunspot structure below the solar surface. It is shown that the occurrence of three successive p-mode crossings by the oscillations may be valuable for probing the effective depth of a sunspot.

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