A system for line profile studies at the 150-foot tower on Mount Wilson |
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| Authors: | Roger K Ulrich Larry Webster John E Boyden Nick Magnone Richard S Bogart |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Astronomy, University of California at Los Angeles, 90024-1562, CA, U.S.A.;(2) Mount Wilson Observatory, U.S.A.;(3) Center for Space Science and Astrophysics, Stanford University, U.S.A. |
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| Abstract: | We describe enhancements to the hardware and software for the 150-foot tower system on Mt. Wilson which make possible the acquisition of high precision line profile measurements. This system utilizes the 75-foot pit spectrograph with a photomultiplier detector system to scan line profiles repeatedly in order to study variations induced by the passage of waves vertically through the solar atmosphere. Oscillations of line profile parameters with an amplitude as low as 1.7 m s–1 have been detected with this system using integrated sunlight. Phase relations between oscillations of different parts of the line profile are appropriate to upward energy transport. Consistent with the previous conclusion by Mein and Schmieder (1981), we find that the magnitude of the energy transport is compatible with the 5-min oscillations making an important contribution to the heating of the low chromosphere.The Mount Wilson Observatory is operated by the Mount Wilson Institute under agreement with the Carnegie Institution of Washington. |
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