On the signatures of flare-induced global waves in the Sun: GOLF and VIRGO observations
arXiv:1710.06245 · doi:10.1093/mnras/stx1953
Abstract
Recently, several efforts have been made to identify the seismic signatures of flares and magnetic activity in the Sun and Sun-like stars. In this work, we have analyzed the disk-integrated velocity and intensity observations of the Sun obtained from the GOLF and VIRGO/SPM instruments, respectively, on board the SOHO space mission covering several successive flare events, for the period from 11 February 2011 to 17 February 2011, of which 11 February 2011 remained a relatively quiet day and served as a "null test" for the investigation. Application of the spectral analysis to these disk-integrated Sun-as-a-star velocity and intensity signals indicates that there is enhanced power of the global modes of oscillations in the Sun during the flares, as compared to the quiet day. The GOLF instrument obtains velocity observations using the Na I D lines which are formed in the upper solar photosphere, while the intensity data used in our analysis are obtained by VIRGO/SPM instrument at 862~nm, which is formed within the solar photosphere. Despite the fact that the two instruments sample different layers of the solar atmosphere using two different parameters (velocity v/s intensity), we have found that both these observations show the signatures of flare-induced global waves in the Sun. These results could suffice in identifying the asteroseismic signatures of stellar flares and magnetic activity in the Sun-like stars.
arXiv comment10 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
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