Model of local oscillations in sunspots
Abstract
We have analyzed the properties of oscillations in a sunspot based on SDO observations with a duration of 6 h. The 3-min oscillation spectrum has turned out to consist of dozens of spectral lines. The line widths are at the spectral resolution limit. The oscillations in a sunspot have been broken down into individual areas with a size of a few arcseconds, each having its own oscillation spectrum. These oscillation properties cannot be explained in terms of the existing models based on the assumption that the sunspot oscillates as a whole. We propose a model of local oscillations that explains the complex spectrum of the oscillations and their locality. We show that in addition to the chromospheric resonator, there exists a subphotospheric resonator for slow MHD waves. The existence of this resonance layer allows the locality of the oscillations and their complex spectrum to be explained in terms of Parker's model.
- Publication:
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Astronomy Letters
- Pub Date:
- September 2014
- DOI:
- 10.1134/S1063773714090059
- Bibcode:
- 2014AstL...40..576Z
- Keywords:
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- sunspots;
- 3-min oscillations;
- MHD waves