Time-Distance Seismology of the Solar Corona with CoMP
Abstract
We employ a sequence of Doppler images obtained with the Coronal Multi-channel Polarimeter (CoMP) instrument to perform time-distance seismology of the solar corona. We construct the first k-ω diagrams of the region. These allow us to separate outward and inward propagating waves and estimate the spatial variation of the plane-of-sky-projected phase speed, and the relative amount of outward and inward directed wave power. The disparity between outward and inward wave power and the slope of the observed power-law spectrum indicate that low-frequency Alfvénic motions suffer significant attenuation as they propagate, consistent with isotropic MHD turbulence.
- Publication:
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The Astrophysical Journal
- Pub Date:
- June 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1088/0004-637X/697/2/1384
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0903.2002
- Bibcode:
- 2009ApJ...697.1384T
- Keywords:
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- solar wind;
- Sun: corona;
- Sun: magnetic fields;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- In Press ApJ. 8 pages and 8 color figures