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Observations indicate that in plage areas (i.e. in active regions outside sunspots) acoustic waves travel faster than in the quiet Sun, leading to shortened travel times
and higher p-mode frequencies. Coupled with the 11-year variation of solar activity, this may also explain the solar cycle variation of
oscillation frequencies. While it is clear that the ultimate cause of any difference between the quiet Sun and plage is the
presence of magnetic fields of order 100 G in the latter, the mechanism by which the magnetic field exerts its influence has
not yet been conclusively identified. One possible such mechanism is suggested by the observation that granular motions in
plage areas tend to be slightly “abnormal”, dampened compared to the quiet Sun.
In this paper we consider the effect that abnormal granulation observed in active regions should have on the propagation of
acoustic waves. Any such effect is found to be limited to a shallow surface layer where sound waves propagate nearly vertically.
The magnetically suppressed turbulence implies higher sound speeds, leading to shorter travel times. This time shift Δ
τ is independent of the travel distance, while it shows a characteristic dependence on the assumed plage field strength. As
a consequence of the variation of the acoustic cutoff with height, Δ
τ is expected to be significantly higher for higher frequency waves within the observed regime of 3 – 5 mHz. The lower group
velocity near the upper reflection point further leads to an increased envelope time shift, as compared to the phase shift.
p-mode frequencies in plage areas are increased by a corresponding amount, Δ
ν/ν=ν
Δ
τ. These characteristics of the time and frequency shifts are in accordance with observations. The calculated overall amplitudes
of the time and frequency shifts are comparable to, but still significantly less than (by a factor of 2 to 5), those suggested
by measurements. 相似文献
2.
Time-Distance ‘travel time’ perturbations (as inferred from wave phase) are calculated relative to the quiet-Sun as a function of wave orientation and field inclination in a uniform inclined magnetic field. Modelling indicates that the chromosphere-corona Transition Region (TR) profoundly alters travel times at inclinations from the vertical θ for which the ramp-reduced acoustic cutoff frequency ω c cosθ is similar to the wave frequency ω. At smaller inclinations phase shifts are much smaller as the waves are largely reflected before reaching the TR. At larger inclinations, the shifts resume their quiet-Sun values, although with some resonant oscillatory behaviour. Changing the height of the TR in the model atmosphere has some effect, but the thickness and temperature jump do not change the results substantially. There is a strong correspondence between travel-time shifts and the Alfvén flux that emerges at the top of the modelled region as a result of fast/Alfvén mode conversion. We confirm that the TR transmission coefficient for Alfvén waves generated by mode conversion in the chromosphere is far larger (typically 30 % or more) than for Alfvén waves injected from the photosphere. 相似文献
3.
Phase-correlation statistics comparing acoustic radiation coming out of a particular point on the solar photosphere with acoustic radiation going into it show considerably reduced sound travel times through the subphotospheres of active regions. We have now applied techniques in phase-sensitive seismic holography to data from the Solar Oscillations Investigation – Michelson Doppler Imager (SOI-MDI) on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft to obtain high resolution phase-correlation maps of a large, complex active region and the `acoustic moat' which surrounds it. We report the following new results: First, the reduced sound travel-time perturbations in sunspots, acoustic moats, and isolated plages increase approximately in proportion to the logarithm of the surface magnetic flux density, for flux densities above 10 G. This is consistent with an interpretation of the travel-time anomalies, observed with holographic and other local-helioseismic procedures, as caused by acoustic Wilson-like depressions in photospheres of magnetic regions. Second, we find that, compared with isolated plages, the acoustic moats have an additional sound travel-time reduction on the order of 3–5 s which may be explained by a thermal excess due to the blockage of convective transport by the sunspot photosphere. Third, the combined effect of the Wilson depression in plages, acoustic moats, and sunspots may explain the observed variation of global p-mode frequencies with the solar cycle. Fourth, we find that active regions, including sunspots, acoustic moats, and plages, significantly reflect p modes above the acoustic cut-off frequency, where the surface of the quiet Sun acts as a nearly perfect absorber of incident acoustic radiation. 相似文献
4.
Observations carried out with the Magneto-Optical Filter at Two Heights (MOTH) experiment show upward-traveling wave packets in magnetic regions with frequencies below the acoustic cut-off. We demonstrate that the frequency dependence of the observed travel times, i.e. the dispersion relation, shows significant differences in magnetic and non-magnetic regions. More importantly, at and above the layer where the Alfvén speed equals the sound speed we do not see the dispersion relation of the slow acoustic mode with a lowered cut-off frequency. Our comparisons with theoretical dispersion relations suggest that this is not the slow acoustic wave type for the upward low-frequency wave. From this we speculate that partial mode conversion from the fast acoustic to the fast magnetic wave might take place. 相似文献
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R. I. Kostyk 《Kinematics and Physics of Celestial Bodies》2018,34(2):82-87
The results of the observations of the active region (facula) near the center of the solar disk obtained with the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT; Tenerife, Spain), are discussed. We have determined that the decrease in the contrast (brightness) of the facula with the magnetic field increasing from 130 to 160 mT is due to the fact that the V_V phase shift of waves in this range of magnetic field densities is close to zero (Φ VV ≈ 0), i.e., the wave becomes stationary and does not transfer energy from the photosphere to the chromosphere. The sound waves that propagate from the chromosphere towards the photosphere significantly affect the temperature characteristics of turbulent vortices at the level of formation of the continuous spectrum. In particular, the contrast of granules under the influence of these waves can increase by 25%. 相似文献
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Duvall T. L. Scherrer P. H. Bogart R. S. Bush R. I. De forest C. Hoeksema J. T. Schou J. Saba J. L. R. Tarbell T. D. Title A. M. Wolfson C. J. Milford P. N. 《Solar physics》1997,170(1):63-73
In time-distance helioseismology, the travel time of acoustic waves is measured between various points on the solar surface. To some approximation, the waves can be considered to follow ray paths that depend only on a mean solar model, with the curvature of the ray paths being caused by the increasing sound speed with depth below the surface. The travel time is affected by various inhomogeneities along the ray path, including flows, temperature inhomogeneities, and magnetic fields. By measuring a large number of times between different locations and using an inversion method, it is possible to construct 3-dimensional maps of the subsurface inhomogeneities. The SOI/MDI experiment on SOHO has several unique capabilities for time-distance helioseismology. The great stability of the images observed without benefit of an intervening atmosphere is quite striking. It has made it possible for us to detect the travel time for separations of points as small as 2.4 Mm in the high-resolution mode of MDI (0.6 arc sec pixel-1). This has enabled the detection of the supergranulation flow. Coupled with the inversion technique, we can now study the 3-dimensional evolution of the flows near the solar surface. 相似文献
7.
Donat G. Wentzel 《Solar physics》1978,58(2):307-318
The reflection coefficient for sound or Alfvén waves reaching the transition zone is evaluated. A family of temperature profiles, including T
5/2 dT/dz = constant, permits analytical solutions for the velocity and yields the reflection coefficient as a function of both the wavelength and the temperature jump across the zone. When the temperature jump is large, even waves appreciably shorter than the zone thickness are reflected efficiently.Wave reflection disorders the waves in and below the transition zone, because rising waves there interact with reflected waves in a manner more similar to turbulence than to shock steepening.The distribution in directions of hydromagnetic waves is determined by the non-uniformity of their sources. Most inhomogeneities in the wave source cause the waves to resemble isotropic fastmode waves more than Alfvén waves. This places severe restrictions on possible sources of Alfvén waves. 相似文献
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We study the fundamental modes of radiation hydrodynamic linear waves that arise from one-dimensional small-amplitude initial fluctuations with wave number k in a radiating and scattering grey medium by taking into account the gravitational effects. The equation of radiative acoustics is derived from three hydrodynamic equations, Poisson’s equation, and two moment equations of radiation, by assuming a spherical symmetry for the matter and radiation and by using the Eddington approximation. We solve the dispersion relation as a quintic function of angular frequency ω, the wave number k being a real parameter. Numerical results reveal that wave patterns of five solutions are distinguished into three types: the radiation-dominated, type 1, and type 2 matter-dominated cases. In the case of no gravitaional effects (Kaneko et al., 2005), the following wave modes appear: radiation wave, conservative radiation wave, entropy wave, Newtonian-cooling wave, opacity-damped and cooling-damped waves, constant-volume and constant-pressure diffusions, adiabatic sound wave, cooling-damped and drag-force-damped isothermal sound waves, isentropic radiation-acoustic wave, and gap mode. Meanwhile, the gravitaional effects being taken into account, the growing gravo-diffusion mode newly arises from the constant-pressure diffusion at the point that k agrees with Jeans’ wave number specified by the isothermal sound speed. This mode changes to the growing radiation-acoustic gravity mode near the point that k becomes Jeans’ wave number specified by the isentropic radiation-acoustic speed. In step with a transition between them, the isentropic radiation-acoustic wave splits into the damping radiation-acoustic gravity mode and constant-volume diffusion. The constant-volume diffusion emerges twice if the gravitational effects are taken into account. Since analytic solutions are derived for all wave modes, we discuss their physical significance. The critical conditions are given which distinguish between radiation-dominated and type 1 matter-dominated cases, and between type 1 and type 2 matter-dominated cases. Waves in a self-gravitating scattering grey medium are also analyzed, which provides us some hints for the effects of energy and momentum exchange between matter and radiation. 相似文献
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The occurrence of magnetoacoustic surface waves at a single magnetic interface one side of which is field-free is explored for the case of non-parallel propagation. Phase-speeds and penetration depths of the waves are investigated for various Alfvén speeds, sound speeds and angles of propagation to the applied field. Both slow and fast magnetoacoustic surface waves can exist depending on the values of sound speeds and propagation angle. The fast waves penetrate more than the slow waves.The parallel propagation of fast and slow magnetoacoustic surface waves on a magnetic-magnetic interface is investigated. The slow surface wave is unable to propagate below a critical sound speed. In a low -plasma, only the fast mode exists (0 0). 相似文献
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Resonant absorption of fast magnetoacoustic (FMA) waves in an inhomogeneous, weakly dissipative, one-dimensional planar, strongly
anisotropic and dispersive plasma is investigated. The magnetic configuration consists of an inhomogeneous magnetic slab sandwiched
between two regions of semi-infinite homogeneous magnetic plasmas. Laterally driven FMA waves penetrate the inhomogeneous
slab interacting with the localised slow or Alfvén waves present in the inhomogeneous layer and are partly reflected, dissipated
and transmitted by this region. The presented research aims to find the coefficient of wave energy absorption under solar
chromospheric and coronal conditions. Numerical results are analysed to find the coefficient of wave energy absorption at
both the slow and Alfvén resonance positions. The mathematical derivations are based on the two simplifying assumptions that
i) nonlinearity is weak, and ii) the thickness of the inhomogeneous layer is small in comparison to the wavelength of the wave, i.e. we employ the so-called long wavelength approximation. Slow resonance is found to be described by the nonlinear theory, while
the dynamics at the Alvén resonance can be described within the linear framework. We introduce a new concept of coupled resonances,
which occurs when two different resonances are in close proximity to each other, causing the incoming wave to act as though it has been influenced by the two resonances simultaneously. Our results show that the wave energy absorption is heavily
dependent on the angle of the incident wave in combination with the inclination angle of the equilibrium magnetic field. In
addition, it is found that FMA waves are very efficiently absorbed at the Alvén resonance under coronal conditions. Under
chromospheric conditions the FMA waves are far less efficiently absorbed, despite an increase in efficiency due to the coupled
resonances. 相似文献
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We study the fundamental modes of radiation hydrodynamic waves arising from one-dimensional small-amplitude initial fluctuations
with wave number k in a radiating and scattering grey medium using the Eddington approximation. The dispersion relation analyzed is the same
as that of Paper I (Kaneko et al., 2000), but is solved as a quintic in angular frequency ω while a quadratic in k
2 in Paper I. Numerical results reveal that wave patterns of five solutions are distinguished into three types of the radiation-dominated
and type 1 and type 2 matter-dominated cases. The following wave modes appear in our problem: radiation wave, conservative
radiation wave, entropy wave, Newtonian-cooling wave, opacity-damped and cooling-damped waves, constant-volume and constant-pressure
diffusion modes, adiabatic sound wave, cooling-damped and drag–force-damped isothermal sound waves, isentropic radiation-acoustic
wave, and gap mode. The radiation-dominated case is characterized by the gap between the isothermal sound and isentropic radiation-acoustic
speeds within which there is not any acoustic wave propagating with real phase speed. One of the differences between type
1 and type 2 matter-dominated cases is the connectivity of the constant-volume diffusion mode, which originates from the radiative
mode in the former case, while from the Newtonian-cooling wave in the latter case. Analytic solutions are derived for all
wave modes to discuss their physical significance. The criterion, which distinguishes between radiation-dominated and type
1 matter-dominated cases, is given by Γ0 = 9, where Γ0 = C
p
(tot)/C
V
(tot) is the ratio of total specific heats at constant pressure and constant volume. Waves in a scattering grey medium are also
analyzed, which provides us some hints for the effects of energy and momentum exchange between matter and radiation. 相似文献
12.
Oscillations of magnetic flux tubes are of great importance as they contain information about the geometry and fine structure
of the flux tubes. Here we derive and analytically solve in terms of Kummer’s functions the linear governing equations of
wave propagation for sausage surface and body modes (m=0) of a magnetically twisted compressible flux tube embedded in a compressible uniformly magnetized plasma environment in cylindrical geometry. A general dispersion relation is obtained for such flux
tubes. Numerical solutions for the phase velocity are obtained for a wide range of wavenumbers and for varying magnetic twist.
The effect of magnetic twist on the period of oscillations of sausage surface modes for different values of the wavenumber
and vertical magnetic field strength is calculated for representative photospheric and coronal conditions. These results generalize
and extend previous studies of MHD waves obtained for incompressible or for compressible but nontwisted flux tubes. It is
found that magnetic twist may change the period of sausage surface waves of the order of a few percent when compared to counterparts
in straight nontwisted flux tubes. This information will be most relevant when high-resolution observations are used for diagnostic
exploration of MHD wave guides in analogy to solar-interior studies by means of global eigenoscillations in helioseismology. 相似文献
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Avery E. Broderick Abraham Loeb 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,363(2):353-362
Solar active regions are distinguished by their strong magnetic fields. Modern local helioseismology seeks to probe them by observing waves which emerge at the solar surface having passed through their interiors. We address the question of how an acoustic wave from below is partially converted to magnetic waves as it passes through a vertical magnetic field layer where the sound and Alfvén speeds coincide (the equipartition level), and find that (i) there is no associated reflection at this depth, either acoustic or magnetic, only transmission and conversion to an ongoing magnetic wave; and (ii) conversion in active regions is likely to be strong, though not total, at frequencies typically used in local helioseismology, with lower frequencies less strongly converted. A simple analytical formula is presented for the acoustic-to-magnetic conversion coefficient. 相似文献
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Sunspots absorb and scatter incident f- and p-modes. Until recently, the responsible absorption mechanism was uncertain. The most promising explanation appears to be mode conversion to slow magnetoacoustic-gravity waves, which carry energy down the magnetic field lines into the interior. In vertical magnetic field, mode conversion can adequately explain the observed f-mode absorption, but is too inefficient to account for the absorption of p-modes. In the first paper of the present series we calculated the efficiency of fast-to-slow magnetoacoustic-gravity wave conversion in uniform non-vertical magnetic fields. We assumed two-dimensional propagation, where the Alfvén waves decouple. In comparison to vertical field, it was found that mode conversion is significantly enhanced in moderately inclined fields, especially at higher frequencies. Using those results, Cally, Crouch, and Braun showed that the resultant p-mode absorption produced by simple sunspot models with non-vertical magnetic fields is ample to explain the observations. In this paper, we further examine mode conversion in non-vertical magnetic fields. In particular, we consider three-dimensional propagation, where the fast and slow magnetoacoustic-gravity waves and the Alfvén waves are coupled. Broadly speaking, the p-mode damping rates are not substantially different to the two-dimensional case. However, we do find that the Alfvén waves can remove similar quantities of energy to the slow MAG waves. 相似文献
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We investigate how helioseismic waves that originate from effective point sources interact with a sunspot. These waves are
reconstructed from observed stochastic wavefields on the Sun by cross-correlating photospheric Doppler-velocity signals. We
select the wave sources at different locations relative to the sunspot, and investigate the p- and f-mode waves separately. The results reveal a complicated picture of waveform perturbations caused by the wave interaction
with the sunspot. In particular, it is found that for waves originating from outside of the sunspot, p-mode waves travel across the sunspot with a small amplitude reduction and slightly higher speed, and wave amplitude and phase
get mostly restored to the quiet-Sun values after passing the sunspot. The f-mode wave experiences some amplitude reduction passing through the sunspot, and the reduced amplitude is not recovered after
that. The wave-propagation speed does not change before encountering the sunspot and inside the sunspot, but the wavefront
becomes faster than the reference wave after passing through the sunspot. For waves originating from inside the sunspot umbra,
both f- and p-mode waves show significant amplitude reductions and faster speed for all propagation paths. A comparison of positive and
negative time lags of cross-correlation functions shows an apparent asymmetry in the waveform changes for both the f- and p-mode waves. We suggest that the waveform variations of the helioseismic waves interacting with a sunspot found in this article
can be used for developing a method of waveform heliotomography, similar to the waveform tomography of the Earth. 相似文献
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We study magnetic power spectra of active and quiet regions by using Big Bear Solar Observatory and SOHO/MDI measurements
of longitudinal magnetic fields. The MDI power spectra were corrected with Gaussian Modulation Transfer Function. We obtained
reliable magnetic power spectra in the high wave numbers range, up to k=4.6 Mm−1, which corresponds to a spatial scale l=1.4 Mm. We find that the occurrence of the spectral discontinuity at high wave numbers, k≥3 Mm−1, largely depends on the spatial resolution of the data and it appears at progressively higher wave numbers as the resolution
of the data improves. The spectral discontinuity in the raw spectra is located at wave numbers about 3 times smaller than
wave numbers, corresponding to the resolution of the data, and about 1.5–2.0 times smaller in the case of the noise- and-resolution
corrected spectra. The magnetic power spectra for active and quiet regions are different: active-region power spectra are
described as ∼k
−1.7, while in a quiet region the spectrum behaves as ∼k
−1.3. We suggest that the difference can be due to small-scale dynamo action in the quiet-Sun photosphere. Our estimations show
that the dynamo can generate more than 6% of the observed magnetic power. 相似文献
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A physical model of the transition region, including upflow of the plasma in magnetic field funnels that are open to the overlying corona, is presented. A numerical study of the effects of Alfvén waves on the heating and acceleration of the nascent solar wind originating in the chromospheric network is carried out within the framework of a two-fluid model for the plasma. It is shown that waves with reasonable amplitudes can, through their pressure gradient together with the thermal pressure gradient, cause a substantial initial acceleration of the wind (on scales of a few Mm) to locally supersonic flows in the rapidly expanding magnetic field trunks of the transition region network. The concurrent proton heating is due to the energy supplied by cyclotron damping of the high-frequency Alfvén waves, which are assumed to be created through small-scale magnetic activity. The wave energy flux of the model is given as a condition at the upper chromosphere boundary, located above the thin layer where the first ionization of hydrogen takes place.Among the new numerical results are the following: Alfvén waves with an assumed f
-1 power spectrum in the frequency range from 1 to 4 Hz, and with an integrated mean amplitude ranging between 25 and 75 km s4, can produce very fast acceleration and also heating through wave dissipation. This can heat the lower corona to a temperature of 5× 105 K at a height of h=12,000 km, starting from 5× 104 K at h=3000 km. The resulting thermal and wave pressure gradients can accelerate the wind to speeds of up to 150 km s-1 at h=12,000 km, starting from 20 km s-1 at h=3000 km in a rapidly diverging flux tube. Thus the nascent solar wind becomes supersonic at heights well below the classical Parker-Type sonic point. This is a consequence of the fact that any large wave-energy flux, if it is to be conducted through the expanding funnel to the corona, implies the building-up of an associated wave-pressure gradient. Because of the diverging field geometry, this might lead to a strong initial acceleration of the flow. There is a multiplicity of solutions, depending mainly on the coronal pressure. Here we discuss two new (as compared with a static transition region model) possibilities, namely that either the flow remains supersonic or slows down abruptly by shock formation, which then yields substantial coronal heating up to the canonical 106 K for the proton temperature. 相似文献
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Although the inhomogeneous nature of solar magnetic fields is now well established, most theoretical analyses of hydromagnetic wave propagation assume infinite homogeneous fields. Here we reformulate the hydromagnetic wave problem for magnetic fields which vary in one direction perpendicular to the field. The permitted modes of small amplitude hydromagnetic oscillations are considered, first in the case of a single interface between semi-infinite magnetic and non-magnetic compressible regions, and secondly for a magnetic flux sheath of given thickness imbedded in a nonmagnetic region. It is shown that, for small values of R (the ratio of the Alfvén to the sound speed), an acoustic or p-mode wave front passes through the flux sheath with only minor deformation. However, for large R, the transmitted acoustic wave is attenuated and, depending upon the thickness of the flux sheath and the angle of incidence, a hydromagnetic wave may be effectively trapped and guided along the flux sheath. It is also shown that, for the symmetric vibration of the flux sheath in the absence of incident acoustic waves, only slow mode type waves are permitted. Thus, in compressible regions for which R > 1 the Alfvénic-type fast mode is not a permitted mode of free vibration of a flux sheath. 相似文献
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Donat G. Wentzel 《Solar physics》1977,52(1):163-177
Hydromagnetic waves are of interest for heating the corona or coronal loops and for accelerating the solar wind. This paper enumerates some of the limitations that must be considered before hydromagnetic waves are taken seriously. In the lowest part of the corona, waves interact so that a significant fraction of the coronal wave flux should have periods as 10 s. If the problem of interest determines either a flux of wave energy or a dissipation rate, the distance that each wave mode can travel can be specified, and for at least one mode it must be consistent with the size and location of the region where the waves are to act. Heating of coronal loops observed by X-rays can be explained if the strength of the magnetic field along the loop lies within a rather narrow range and if the wave period is sufficiently short. In general, Alfvén waves travel furthest and reach high into the corona and into the solar wind. The radial variation of the magnetic field is the most important parameter determining where the waves are dissipated. Heating of coronal helmets by Alfvén waves is probable.The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. 相似文献