High-frequency Oscillations in Small Magnetic Elements Observed with Sunrise/SuFI
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Authors
Jafarzadeh S.,
Solanki S. K. .,
Stangalini M.,
Steiner O.,
Cameron R. H. .,
Danilovic S.
Type
Journal Article
Year
2017
Language
English
Abstract
We characterize waves in small magnetic elements and investigate theirpropagation in the lower solar atmosphere from observations at high spatial and temporal resolution. We use the wavelet transform to analyze oscillations of both horizontal displacement and intensity in magnetic bright points found in the 300 nm and the Ca II H 396.8 nm passbands of the filter imager on board the Sunrise balloon-borne solar observatory. Phase differences between the oscillations at the two atmospheric layers corresponding to the two passbands reveal upward propagating waves at high frequencies (up to 30 mHz). Weak signatures of standing as well as downward propagating waves are also obtained. Both compressible and incompressible (kink) waves are found in the small-scale magnetic features. The two types of waves have different, though overlapping, period distributions. Two independent estimates give a height difference of approximately 450 plusmn 100 km between the two atmospheric layers sampled by the employed spectral bands. This value, together with the determined short travel times of the transverse and longitudinal waves provide us with phase speeds of 29 plusmn 2 km s$^-1$ and 31 plusmn 2 km s$^-1$, respectively. We speculate that these phase speeds may not reflect the true propagation speeds of the waves. Thus, effects such as the refraction of fast longitudinal waves may contribute to an overestimate of the phase speed.
Journal
Astrophysical Journal, Supplement
Volume
229
Start page number
10
Keywords
irsol-refereed-scientific-papers
