Photoelectric observations of chromospheric sunspot oscillations. IV - The CA II H line and He I 10830 A

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Abundance, Chromosphere, Electrophotometry, Solar Oscillations, Stellar Spectrophotometry, Sunspots, Calcium, Doppler Effect, Helium Ions, Hydrogen, Line Shape, Line Spectra, Temporal Distribution, Umbras

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Simultaneous observations of profiles of He I λ10830 and the Ca II H line in sunspot umbrae have been made with the Tower telescope, echelle spectrograph, and multidiode array at the National Solar Observatory/Sunspot. These observations reveal the nature of fluid motions in the upper chromosphere during the cycle of umbral oscillations. Time sequences of profiles show that the chromospheric He I line is in weak absorption during all phases of the umbral oscillations, and that it undergoes periodic Doppler shifts of high amplitude (up to 11 km s-1). The amplitudes and waveforms of the Doppler shifts in the He I line indicate that the oscillations are frequently nonlinear (i.e., forming shocks) and therefore contribute to the heating of the upper umbral chromosphere.

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