Observations of the phase differences between irradiances and velocity for low-degree solar acoustic modes
Abstract
Irradiance measurements from the IPHIR instrument flown on the Phobos 2 mission to Mars are used to derive phase differences and gains between broadband relative irradiance signals and full-disk velocity variations for l = 0, 1, and 2 mode with order ranging from 12 to 32. These data are compared with contemporaneous measurements of photospheric velocities obtained during four intervals within the 155 d observation period of Phobos 2. It is found that the phase difference between irradiance at 500 nm and velocity is roughly constant with an average value of -119 +/- 3 deg from 2.5 mHz up to about 4.3 mHz with a slight increase suggested by data up to 4.6 mHz. The phase differences between the green and red channels do not differ significantly from zero below 2.8 mHz, while a small difference of about 13 +/- 5 deg exists at higher frequencies, with the red signal ahead of the green. This jump appears to coincide with a jump in the separation between the l = 0 and l = 2 eigenfrequencies.
- Publication:
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- November 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991A&A...251..655S
- Keywords:
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- Irradiance;
- Photosphere;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Oscillations;
- Sound Waves;
- Noise Spectra;
- Power Spectra;
- Radiative Transfer;
- Spectrum Analysis;
- Solar Physics