Solar cycle variations of large frequency separations of acoustic modes: Implications for asteroseismology

Details Solar cycle variations of large frequency separations of acoustic modes: Implications for asteroseismology Solar cycle variations of large frequency separations of acoustic modes: Implications for asteroseismology

2011-02-04

arxiv.org/abs/1102.0906v2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

9 pages, 11 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS, references updated, corrections following proofs

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We have studied solar cycle changes in the large frequency separations that can be observed in Birmingham Solar Oscillations Network (BiSON) data. The large frequency separation is often one of the first outputs from asteroseismic studies because it can help constrain stellar properties like mass and radius. We have used three methods for estimating the large separations: use of individual p-mode frequencies, computation of the autocorrelation of frequency-power spectra, and computation of the power spectrum of the power spectrum. The values of the large separations obtained by the different methods are offset from each other and have differing sensitivities to the realization noise. A simple model was used to predict solar cycle variations in the large separations, indicating that the variations are due to the well-known solar cycle changes to mode frequency. However, this model is only valid over a restricted frequency range. We discuss the implications of these results for asteroseismology.

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