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As part of a program to estimate the solar spectrum back to the early twentieth century, we have generated fits to UV spectral
irradiance measurements from 1 – 410 nm. The longer wavelength spectra (150 – 410 nm) were fit as a function of two solar
activity proxies, the Mg ii core-to-wing ratio, or Mg ii index, and the total Ca ii K disk activity derived from ground based observations. Irradiance spectra at shorter wavelengths (1 – 150 nm) where used
to generate fits to the Mg ii core-to-wing ratio alone. Two sets of spectra were used in these fitting procedures. The fits at longer wavelengths (150
to 410 nm) were derived from the high-resolution spectra taken by the Solar Ultraviolet Spectral Irradiance Monitor (SUSIM)
on the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS). Spectra measured by the Solar EUV Experiment (SEE) instrument on the Thermosphere Ionosphere Mesosphere Energetics and Dynamics (TIMED) satellite were used for the fits at wavelengths from 1 to 150 nm. To generate fits between solar irradiance and solar
proxies, this study uses the above irradiance data, the NOAA composite Mg ii index, and daily Ca ii K disk activity determined from images measured by Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO). In addition to the fitting coefficients
between irradiance and solar proxies, other results from this study include an estimated relationship between the fraction
of the disk with enhanced Ca ii K activity and the Mg ii index, an upper bound of the average solar UV spectral irradiance during periods where the solar disk contains only regions
of the quiet Sun, as was believed to be present during the Maunder Minimum, as well as results indicating that slightly more
than 60% of the total solar irradiance (TSI) variability occurs between 150 and 400 nm. 相似文献
2.
Radosław Rek 《Solar physics》2010,267(2):361-375
Solar flares take place in regions of strong magnetic fields and are generally accepted to be the result of a resistive instability
leading to magnetic reconnection. When new flux emerges into a pre-existing active region it can act as a flare and coronal
mass ejection trigger. In this study we observed active region 10955 after the emergence of small-scale additional flux at
the magnetic inversion line. We found that flaring began when additional positive flux levels exceeded 1.38×1020 Mx (maxwell), approximately 7 h after the initial flux emergence. We focussed on the pre-flare activity of one B-class flare
that occurred on the following day. The earliest indication of activity was a rise in the non-thermal velocity one hour before
the flare. 40 min before flaring began, brightenings and pre-flare flows were observed along two loop systems in the corona,
involving the new flux and the pre-existing active region loops. We discuss the possibility that reconnection between the
new flux and pre-existing loops before the flare drives the flows by either generating slow mode magnetoacoustic waves or
a pressure gradient between the newly reconnected loops. The subsequent B-class flare originated from fast reconnection of
the same loop systems as the pre-flare flows. 相似文献
3.
We present the V light curves of δ Scuti type variable V350 Peg, obtained between August and October 2005 at the Ankara University Observatory (AUG) and the
TüBíTAK National Observatory (TUG). By application of multiple-frequency analyses using Period04 to 7878 photometric V measurements
(which are consist of our 747 V data and 7131 V data obtained at Monegrillo Observatory) of V350 Peg, a five-frequency solution
was found to be fitted well to the data. In accordance with the computed Q values for V350 Peg, it was found that this star
has probably radial mode with l=0 and g-mode oscillations. 相似文献
4.
In this work, we first establish a simple procedure to obtain with 11-figure accuracy the values of Chandrasekhar’s H-function for isotropic scattering using a closed-form integral representation and the Gauss-Legendre quadrature. Based on the numerical values of the function produced by this method for various combinations of ? 0, the single scattering albedo, and μ, the cosine of the zenith angle θ of the direction of radiation emergent from or incident upon a semi-infinite scattering-absorbing medium, we propose a rational approximation formula with μ 1/4 and \(\sqrt{1-\varpi_{0}}\) as the independent variables. This allows us to reproduce the correct values of H(? 0,μ) within a relative error of 2.1×10?5 without recourse to any iterative procedure or root-finding process. 相似文献
5.
Badam Singh Kushvah 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2011,333(1):49-59
This paper describes design of the trajectory and analysis of the stability of collinear point L
2 in the Sun-Earth system. The modified restricted three body problem with additional gravitational potential from the belt
is used as the model for the Sun-Earth system. The effect of radiation pressure of the Sun and oblate shape of the Earth are
considered. The point L
2 is asymptotically stable up to a specific value of time t correspond to each set of values of parameters and initial conditions. The results obtained from this study would be applicable
to locate a satellite, a telescope or a space station around the point L
2. 相似文献
6.
Weak ion-acoustic double-layers (IA-DLs) in a two-component plasma are investigated in the context of the nonextensive statistics
proposed by Tsallis. Due to the entropic index q, our plasma model can admit compressive as well as rarefactive IA-DLs. It is shown that the values
\frac53 < q < 3\frac{5}{3}q-parameters for the existence of small-DLs. As long as the Mach number M is less than ∼1.42, the only admissible q-values which may lead to IA-DLs are all positive. For −1<q<1 (1<q<5/3), the effect of increasing q is to lower (to shift towards higher values) the critical Mach number M
cr above which only compressive IA-DL are admitted. Beyond q=3, only compressive small-amplitude ion-acoustic double layers are observed. Furthermore, due to the flexibility of the q-parameter, the obtained results bring a possibility to deal with small-DLs with relatively high Mach numbers. Our investigation
may be of wide relevance to astronomers and space scientists working on interstellar plasmas. 相似文献
7.
Several strong but erroneous statements were made by R. Rek in an article published in this volume of Solar Physics. Here we show that these misleading statements are caused by neglecting the known effects of the carbon cycle and misinterpretation
of the data. In particular we show that the claim of the Maunder minimum being “the period without a significant cessation
of activity” contradicts the bulk of observational evidence and is caused by the misinterpretation of proxy data. 相似文献
8.
G. D. R. Attrill L. K. Harra L. van Driel-Gesztelyi M. J. Wills-Davey 《Solar physics》2010,264(1):119-147
We study two CME events on 13 and 14 December 2006 that were associated with large-scale dimmings. We study the eruptions
from pre-event on 11 December through the recovery on 15 December, using a combination of Hinode/EIS, SOHO/EIT, SOHO/MDI, and MLSO Hα data. The GOES X-class flares obscured the core dimmings, but secondary dimmings developed
remote from the active region (AR) in both events. The secondary dimmings are found to be formed by a removal of bright coronal
material from loops in the plage region to the East of the AR. Using Hinode/EIS data, we find that the outflows associated with the coronal-dimming regions are highly structured. The concentrated outflows
are located at the footpoints of coronal loops (which exist before, and are re-established after, the eruptions), and these
are correlated with regions of positive magnetic elements. Comparative study of the Hinode/EIS and SOHO/EIT data shows that the reduction in outflow velocity is consistent with the recovery in intensity of the studied
regions. We find that concentrated downflows develop during the recovery phase of the dimmings and are also correlated with
the same positive magnetic elements that were previously related to outflows. 相似文献
9.
We performed a detailed analysis of 27 slow coronal mass ejections (CMEs) whose heights were measured in at least 30 coronagraphic
images and were characterized by a high quality index (≥4). Our primary aim was to study the radial evolution of these CMEs
and their properties in the range 2 – 30 solar radii. The instantaneous speeds of CMEs were calculated by using successive
height – time data pairs. The obtained speed – distance profiles [v(R)] are fitted by a power law v = a(R−b)
c
. The power-law indices are found to be in the ranges a=30 – 386, b=1.95 – 3.92, and c=0.03 – 0.79. The power-law exponent c is found to be larger for slower and narrower CMEs. With the exception of two events that had approximately constant velocity,
all events were accelerating. The majority of accelerating events shows a v(R) profile very similar to the solar-wind profile deduced by Sheeley et al. (Astrophys. J.
484, 472, 1997). This indicates that the dynamics of most slow CMEs are dominated by the solar wind drag. 相似文献
10.
Barbara Ercolano Nate Bastian Grazyna Stasińska 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2009,324(2-4):199-204
Spatially resolved studies of star-forming regions show that the assumption of spherical geometry is not realistic in most cases, with a major complication posed by the gas being ionised by multiple non-centrally located stars or star clusters. Geometrical effects including the spatial configuration of ionising sources affect the temperature and ionisation structure of these regions. We try to isolate the effects of multiple non-centrally located stars, via the construction of 3D photoionisation models using the 3D Monte Carlo photoionisation code mocassin with very simple gas density distributions, but various spatial configurations for the ionisation sources.Emission-line spectra from H?ii regions are often used to study the metallicity of star-forming regions, as well as for providing a constraint on temperatures and luminosities of the ionising sources. Empirical metallicity diagnostics must often be calibrated with the aid of photoionisation models. However, most studies so far have been carried out by assuming spherical or plane-parallel geometries, with major limitations on the allowed gas and dust density distributions and with the spatial distribution of multiple, non-centrally located ionising sources not being accounted for. We compare integrated emission-line spectra from our models and quantify any systematic errors caused by the simplifying assumption of a single, central location for all ionising sources. We find that the dependence of the metallicity indicators on the ionisation parameter causes a clear bias, due to the fact that models with a fully distributed configuration of stars always display lower ionisation parameters than their fully concentrated counterparts. The errors found imply that the geometrical distribution of ionisation sources may partly account for the large scatter in metallicities derived using model-calibrated empirical methods. 相似文献
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In this study we present the new R and I light curve solutions for the eclipsing binary systems RW CrB and VZ Leo, which for
VZ Leo is the first one in the literature. Our new observations have been analyzed using the Wilson-Devinney code from which
new geometric and photometric elements are derived. The geometry of both stars is that of a semi-detached binary system where
the secondary component fills its Roche lobe while the primary component is well inside. In the case of RW CrB, asymmetry
in the light curve was explained by a spot model. The orbital period changes of both systems were studied and the results
indicated a period decrease which can be explained by angular momentum loss. We also investigated the possibility of pulsations
of the primary components since these systems are mentioned as candidates of δ Sct type pulsation. However, a time-series analysis of the residual curves in the filter I does not indicate any evidence
of periodic light variation for both systems. Finally, we compared the results obtained for both binary stars to those of
similar systems. 相似文献
12.
Radosław Rek 《Solar physics》2010,261(2):337-351
The Maunder Minimum was the time during the second part of the 17th century, nominally from 1645 to 1717 AD, when unusually
low numbers of sunspots were observed. On the basis of numerous recorded observations of auroras in the early 18th century,
the end of the Minimum could be regarded as around 1700, but details of sunspot observations by Jan Heweliusz (Heweliusz,
Machina Coelestis, 1679), John Flamsteed and Philippe de La Hire in 1684 allow us to interpret the Maunder Minimum as the period without a significant
cessation of activity. This Minimum was also recognized in 14C data from trees which grew during the second part of 17th century.
The variation in the production rate of radioactive carbon isotope 14C is due to modulation of the cosmic ray flux producing it by the changing level of solar activity and solar magnetic flux.
Stronger magnetic fields in the solar wind make it more difficult for cosmic rays to reach the Earth, causing a drop in the
production rate of 14C. However, more detailed analyses of 14C data indicate that the highest isotope abundances do not occur at the time of sunspot minima, as would be expected on the
basis of modulation of the cosmic ray flux by the solar magnetic field, but two years after the sunspot number maximum. This
time difference (or phase delay) can be accounted for if in fact there are both solar and non-solar cosmic ray contributions.
Solar flares could also contribute high-energy particles and produce 14C and are generally not most frequent at the time of the highest sunspot numbers in the cycle. 相似文献
13.
Ehab E. El-Houssieny Robert J. Nemiroff Timothy E. Pickering 《Astrophysics and Space Science》2010,330(1):19-22
The outburst and subsequent brightness evolution of comet 17P/Holmes has been observed using the MMT Observatory’s All-Sky
Camera (Pickering 2006) on Mt. Hopkins near Tucson, Arizona, USA. The comet was picked up at the limiting visual magnitude of 5.5 on October 24.38
and tracked by the camera continuously until sunrise four hours later. During this time the comet brightened to visual magnitude
3.5. Comet Holmes was next observed just after sunset on October 25.23 at visual magnitude 2.5, where it remained approximately
constant over the next three days. The comet then began to dim slowly and was followed into the early months of 2008 with
periods of dense time coverage. 相似文献
14.
The Murchison Widefield Array (MWA) is one of the new technology low frequency radio interferometers currently under construction at an extremely radio-quiet location in Western Australia. The MWA design brings to bear the recent availability of powerful high-speed computational and digital signal processing capabilities on the problem of low frequency high-fidelity imaging with a rapid cadence and high spectral resolution. Solar and heliosphere science are among the key science objectives of the MWA and have guided the array design from its very conception. We present here a brief overview of the design and capabilities of the MWA with emphasis on its suitability for solar physics and remote-sensing of the heliosphere. We discuss the solar imaging and interplanetary scintillation (IPS) science capabilities of the MWA and also describe a new software framework. This software, referred to as Haystack InterPlanetary Software System (HIPSS), aims to provide a common data repository, interface, and analysis tools for IPS data from all observatories across the world. 相似文献
15.
The direct propagation of acoustic waves, driven harmonically at the solar photosphere, into the three-dimensional solar atmosphere
is examined numerically in the framework of ideal magnetohydrodynamics. It is of particular interest to study the leakage
of 5-minute global solar acoustic oscillations into the upper, gravitationally stratified and magnetised atmosphere, where
the modelled solar atmosphere possesses realistic temperature and density stratification. This work aims to complement and
bring further into the 3D domain our previous efforts (by Erdélyi et al., 2007, Astron. Astrophys. 467, 1299) on the leakage of photospheric motions and running magnetic-field-aligned waves excited by these global oscillations.
The constructed model atmosphere, most suitable perhaps for quiet Sun regions, is a VAL IIIC derivative in which a uniform
magnetic field is embedded. The response of the atmosphere to a range of periodic velocity drivers is numerically investigated
in the hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic approximations. Among others the following results are discussed in detail: i) High-frequency waves are shown to propagate from the lower atmosphere across the transition region, experiencing relatively
low reflection, and transmitting most of their energy into the corona; ii) the thin transition region becomes a wave guide for horizontally propagating surface waves for a wide range of driver periods,
and particularly at those periods that support chromospheric standing waves; iii) the magnetic field acts as a waveguide for both high- and low-frequency waves originating from the photosphere and propagating
through the transition region into the solar corona.
Electronic Supplementary Material The online version of this article () contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users. 相似文献
16.
Precursor techniques, in particular those using geomagnetic indices, often are used in the prediction of the maximum amplitude
for a sunspot cycle. Here, the year 2008 is taken as being the sunspot minimum year for cycle 24. Based on the average aa index value for the year of the sunspot minimum and the preceding four years, we estimate the expected annual maximum amplitude
for cycle 24 to be about 92.8±19.6 (1-sigma accuracy), indicating a somewhat weaker cycle 24 as compared to cycles 21 – 23.
Presuming a smoothed monthly mean sunspot number minimum in August 2008, a smoothed monthly mean sunspot number maximum is
expected about October 2012±4 months (1-sigma accuracy). 相似文献
17.
We analyze a special kind of temporal fine structure in microwave radio emission for the 25 August 1999 solar flare observed
by the PMO spectrometer over the range of 4.5 – 7.5 GHz. This flare displays continuum emission after a group of reverse-slope
type III bursts around 6 GHz. High-resolution dynamic spectra reveal three evolving emission lines (EELs) following the type
III group. They are characterized by isolated, narrow, and continuous emission strips, which display frequency fluctuations
with time. Their frequency-drift rates are between −2 and 3 GHz s−1. Distinct from the EELs at lower frequencies, three EELs have a very short duration of a few seconds. They show an average
bandwidth of Δf≈330 MHz and a relative bandwidth of Δf/f≈0.057. This is the first time that this kind of fine structure has been observed around 6 GHz. 相似文献
18.
A set of smoothed temperature gradient profiles around overshooting layers at the solar convective zone bottom is considered. In classical local theories of convection the one point defined according to the Schwarzschild criterion is enough to describe a convective boundary. To get a sophisticated picture of the overshooting we use four points to compute the transition overshooting functions. Analyzing the transition gradient profiles we found that the overshooting convective flux may be either positive or negative. A negative overshooting flux appears in nonlocal convective theories and causes a steep temperature gradient profile. But we propose an evenly smoothed gradient which corresponds to a convective flux positive everywhere. To outline the effect of the temperature gradient on the solar oscillations the squared Brunt–Väisälä frequency N 2 is calculated. In local convective theories the N 2 profile shows the discontinuity of the first derivative at the convective boundary, while all smoothed profiles eliminate the break. 相似文献
19.
Recently, Juckett and Wolff (Solar Phys.
252, 247, 2008) showed that the timing and longitude of sunspot patterns has some correspondence with a model based on coupled g modes. The model maximizes the nonlinear coupling of those g modes sharing harmonic degree ℓ to generate a “set(ℓ)” that assists its own excitation by locally enhancing nuclear burning. Each set(ℓ) has oscillatory power concentrated at two longitudes, on opposite sides of the Sun and drifts slowly retrograde within the
radiative zone (RZ) at a rate that depends on ℓ. When the strong longitudes of two or more sets overlap, wave dissipation adds extra energy to that locality at the base
of the convective envelope increasing convection and then sunspot activity. We compare the main subdecadal sunspot frequencies
with the intersections of sets derived from ℓ=2 – 11 and G, where G represents unresolvable high-ℓ modes that rotate similarly to the RZ. After determining the set(ℓ) spatial phases, we show that 17 subdecadal oscillations with periods in the range 0.6 to 7.0 years (4.5 to 50 nHz), generated
by 23 unique intersections of the 11 sets, are synchronous with 17 corresponding frequencies in the sunspot time series. After
optimizing parameters, we find a mean correlation of 0.96 for synchrony among the 17 waveform pairs. These 17 frequencies
constitute the bulk of the non-noise subdecadal frequency domain of the sunspot variation. We conclude that the sunspot series
contains oscillatory components with the same temporal phases and frequencies as various set(ℓ) intersections spanning the past ≈ 100 years. This additional evidence for the role of coupled g modes in sunspot dynamics suggests that more of sunspot variability can be understood with nonmagnetic fluid mechanics than
popularly thought. 相似文献
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Recently observed oscillations in the solar atmosphere have been interpreted and modeled as magnetohydrodynamic wave modes.
This has allowed for the estimation of parameters that are otherwise hard to derive, such as the coronal magnetic-field strength.
This work crucially relies on the initial detection of the oscillations, which is commonly done manually. The volume of Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) data will make manual detection inefficient for detecting all of the oscillating regions. An algorithm is presented
that automates the detection of areas of the solar atmosphere that support spatially extended oscillations. The algorithm
identifies areas in the solar atmosphere whose oscillation content is described by a single, dominant oscillation within a
user-defined frequency range. The method is based on Bayesian spectral analysis of time series and image filtering. A Bayesian
approach sidesteps the need for an a-priori noise estimate to calculate rejection criteria for the observed signal, and it also provides estimates of oscillation frequency,
amplitude, and noise, and the error in all of these quantities, in a self-consistent way. The algorithm also introduces the
notion of quality measures to those regions for which a positive detection is claimed, allowing for simple post-detection discrimination by the user.
The algorithm is demonstrated on two Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) datasets, and comments regarding its suitability for oscillation detection in SDO are made. 相似文献