Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
1999-08-23
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
9 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication on A&A
Scientific paper
Despite the strong evidence that the peaks in the spectrum of solar oscillations are asymmetric, most determinations of mode frequencies have been based on fits of symmetric Lorentzian profiles to the Fourier or power spectra of oscillation time strings. The systematic errors resulting from neglecting the line asymmetry could have serious effects on inversions for the solar internal structure and rotation. Here we analyse artificial data based on simple models of the intrinsic line asymmetry, using GONG mode parameters with asymmetries found by one of us (Rosenthal \cite{rosenthal2}). By fitting Lorentzians to the resulting spectra, we estimate the likely properties of the errors introduced in the frequencies. We discuss whether these frequency shifts have a form similar to the near-surface layers uncertainties and are therefore suppressed in the solar structure inversion. We also estimate directly their contribution, if any, in the solar sound-speed and density determinations using the SOLA technique.
Christensen-Dalsgaard Joergen
Rabello-Soares Maria Cristina
Rosenthal Colin S.
Thompson Michael J.
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