Solar Atmospheric Oscillations and the Chromospheric Magnetic Topology

dc.creatorVecchio, A.
dc.creatorCauzzi, G.
dc.creatorReardon, K. P.
dc.creatorJanssen, K.
dc.creatorRimmele, T.
dc.date2006-11-07
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dc.descriptionWe investigate the oscillatory properties of the quiet solar chromosphere in relation to the underlying photosphere, with particular regard to the effects of the magnetic topology. We perform a Fourier analysis on a sequence of line-of-sight velocities measured simultaneously in a photospheric (Fe I 709.0 nm) and a chromospheric line (Ca II 854.2 nm). The velocities were obtained from full spectroscopic data acquired at high spatial resolution with the Interferometric BIdimensional Spectrometer (IBIS). The field of view encompasses a full supergranular cell, allowing us to discriminate between areas with different magnetic characteristics. We show that waves with frequencies above the acoustic cut-off propagate from the photosphere to upper layers only in restricted areas of the quiet Sun. A large fraction of the quiet chromosphere is in fact occupied by ``magnetic shadows'', surrounding network regions, that we identify as originating from fibril-like structures observed in the core intensity of the Ca II line. We show that a large fraction of the chromospheric acoustic power at frequencies below the acoustic cut-off, residing in the proximity of the magnetic network elements, directly propagates from the underlying photosphere. This supports recent results arguing that network magnetic elements can channel low-frequency photospheric oscillations into the chromosphere, thus providing a way to input mechanical energy in the upper layers.
dc.description4 pages, 3 figure, A&A Letters in press
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611206
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0611206
dc.identifierAstron.Astrophys. 461 (2007) L1-L4
dc.identifierdoi:10.1051/0004-6361:20066415
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/122811
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.titleSolar Atmospheric Oscillations and the Chromospheric Magnetic Topology
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