Sharma, A., Tripathi, D., Erdelyi, R. orcid.org/0000-0003-3439-4127 et al. (2 more authors) (2020) Wave amplitude modulation in fan loops as observed by AIA/SDO. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 638. A6. ISSN 0004-6361
Abstract
Aims. We perform a detailed analysis to understand the evolution and dynamics of propagating intensity disturbances observed in a fan loop system.
Methods. We performed multiwavelength time-distance analysis of a fan loop system anchored in an isolated sunspot region (AR 12553). The active region was observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory. We measured the phase speeds of the propagating intensity disturbances by employing cross-correlation analysis, and by obtaining the slopes in xt-plots. We obtained original and detrended light curves at different heights of the time-distance maps and characterised them by performing Fourier and wavelet analysis, respectively.
Results. The time-distance maps reveal clear propagation of intensity oscillations in all the coronal extreme ultraviolet (EUV) channels except AIA 94 and 335 Å. We determine the nature of the intensity disturbances as slow magneto-acoustic waves by measuring their phase speeds. The time-distance maps, as well as the detrended light curves, show an increase and decrease in the amplitude of propagating 3 min oscillations over time. The amplitude variations appear most prominently in AIA 171 Å, though other EUV channels also show such signatures. The Fourier power spectrum yields the presence of significant powers with several nearby frequencies in the range of 2–3 min (5–8 mHz), along with many other smaller peaks between 2–4 min. Wavelet analysis shows an increase and decrease of oscillating power around 3 min simultaneous to the amplitude variations. We obtain the modulation period to be in the range of 20–30 min.
Conclusions. Our results provide the viability of occurrence of phenomenon like “Beat” among the nearby frequencies giving rise to the observed amplitude modulation. However, we cannot at this stage rule out the possibility that the modulation may be driven by variability in an underlying unknown source.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © ESO 2020. Reproduced in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Sun: atmosphere; Sun: corona; Sun: UV radiation; Sun: oscillations; waves |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Science (Sheffield) > School of Mathematics and Statistics (Sheffield) |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FACILITIES COUNCIL ST/M000826/1 ROYAL SOCIETY IE161153 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 16 Apr 2020 15:57 |
Last Modified: | 12 Aug 2020 14:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | EDP Sciences |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1051/0004-6361/201936667 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:159504 |