Measurements of the Oscillatory and Slowly-Varying Components of the Solar Velocity Field

Details Measurements of the Oscillatory and Slowly-Varying Components of the Solar Velocity Field Measurements of the Oscillatory and Slowly-Varying Components of the Solar Velocity Field

Jul 1971

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Solar Physics, Volume 18, Issue 3, pp.379-384

Physics

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Spectroheliograms with high spatial resolution are presented to illustrate the decomposition of the solar velocity field into its oscillatory and slowly-varying components. An analysis of data obtained in the lines Fei λ 5434 and Feii λ 4924 yield essentially the same principal results:
(1)
Spectroheliograms of the oscillatory component have a mottled appearance of rising and falling elements ranging from 2000 km to 3000 km in size. These elements oscillate vertically with a period in the range 275 300 s and an amplitude of 0.5 km/s. Although most oscillations last two cycles some have been observed for as many as four cycles.
(2)
Spectroheliograms of the slowly-varying component show a velocity granulation pattern whose spatial properties correspond closely to those of the photospheric granulation visible on direct photographs of the Sun. The velocity granules are approximately 1000 km in diameter and rise relative to their intergranular spaces with speeds that are typically 0.6 km/s, but which may occasionally be as large as 0.9 km/s. Most velocity granules seem to live for at least 10 min with many lasting 10 30 min, and a few of the biggest and fastest moving lasting 30 min to 1 hr. It is concluded that Spectroheliograms of the slowly-varying component represent the velocity field of the photospheric granulation.

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