Issue |
A&A
Volume 473, Number 3, October III 2007
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Page(s) | 943 - 950 | |
Section | The Sun | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20077142 | |
Published online | 23 July 2007 |
High-frequency oscillations in a solar active region observed with the RAPID DUAL IMAGER
1
Astrophysics Research Centre, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University, Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, UK e-mail: djess01@qub.ac.uk
2
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Solar Physics Laboratory, Code 612.1, Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA
3
Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Received:
22
January
2007
Accepted:
16
July
2007
High-cadence, synchronized, multiwavelength optical observations of a solar active region (NOAA 10794) are presented. The data were obtained with the Dunn Solar Telescope at the National Solar Observatory/Sacramento Peak using a newly developed camera system: the rapid dual imager. Wavelet analysis is undertaken to search for intensity related oscillatory signatures, and periodicities ranging from 20 to 370 s are found with significance levels exceeding 95%. Observations in the H-α blue wing show more penumbral oscillatory phenomena when compared to simultaneous G-band observations. The H-α oscillations are interpreted as the signatures of plasma motions with a mean velocity of 20 km s-1. The strong oscillatory power over H-α blue-wing and G-band penumbral bright grains is an indication of the Evershed flow with frequencies higher than previously reported.
Key words: instrumentation: miscellaneous / waves / Sun: chromosphere / Sun: oscillations / Sun: photosphere / Sun: sunspots
© ESO, 2007
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