慢磁声波在黑子上方冕环中的传播

太阳动力学观测站(Solar Dynamics Observatory,SDO)装载的太阳大气成像系统(Atmospheric Imaging Assembly,AIA)通过3个极紫外波段(171 (A)、193 (A)和211 (A))的观测资料展现了太阳活动区(AR11092)扇形冕环微弱的扰动传播,这种波动现象普遍存在于活动区冕环.该扰动传播起源于明亮的环足处,其传播沿冕环方向.冕环中观测到的扰动传播速度随温度升高而减小,速度范围是40～121 km/s,其值接近且小于声速.考虑投影效应以及环与视线方向的倾角大小,这正好是慢波模型所预期的.冕环的扰动周期在不同波段(3个极紫外波段)没有明显的区别,都存在3 min以及10多分钟的周期.此外,不仅仅冕环扰动表现出3 min左右的周期,色球层的黑子区域同样存在相同的振荡周期.这个结果表明黑子振荡是可以穿过色球以及过渡区到达日冕的.     

卫星黑子衰减触发的喷流事件

详细分析了一次太阳低层大气磁场重联触发的喷流事件.这次喷流发生在2014年8月1日,爆发自美国国家海洋和大气管理局(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA)活动区12127边缘的一个卫星黑子处.该喷流爆发包括日浪、紫外喷流、极紫外高温和低温喷流.大熊湖太阳天文台(Big Bear Solar Observatory,BBSO)的Goode Solar Telescope (GST)高分辨率氧化钛(TiO)谱线的光球观测显示,喷流爆发过程中,卫星黑子一直衰减.到喷流结束,卫星黑子面积共减少了80%.在此过程中,太阳动力学天文台(Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO)日球磁场成像仪(Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager, HMI)的视向磁场观测表明,该卫星黑子对应的负极磁场与相邻的正极磁场发生明显对消,产生喷流足部亮点.根据SDO卫星太阳大气成像仪(Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, AIA)的多波段观测,该足部亮点首先出现在紫外1600?波段.待紫外(1600?)喷流从紫外足部亮点顶部向上喷发,在极紫外波段也观测到相应的亮源.随着足点源亮度突然增强,有明显的极紫外低温喷流和日浪从足部亮点侧面喷发.从GST的高分辨率Hα图像上,可见日浪由许多精细纤维组成,这些纤维扎根在足点源的东南侧.根据从光球层过色球层再到日冕层的多波段高分辨率观测,色球中下层的磁场对消触发了这次喷流事件.向上喷发的物质流可以携带能量进入上层大气,并加热上层大气.研究结果表明,低层大气磁重联可能对解决日冕加热问题起重要作用.     

太阳黑子本影振荡的周期测量

本影振荡是出现在太阳黑子内的一种常见现象,精确测定它们的振荡周期对于理解黑子的结构和演化有着重要意义。应用快速傅里叶变换方法对空间望远镜HINODE在2007年5月1日观测的活动区AR10953内的黑子本影数据进行了细致的分析,结果发现在该活动区本影内存在一种典型的3 min振荡,其振荡周期约为154 s。     

Ca波段下黑子本影振荡的统计特征

Hinode望远镜于2014年3月4日在Ca II H(396.85nm)线下观测到了一组连续的黑子演化图像.应用Jurkevich(JK)方法计算出本影中样本点的振荡周期为149.75 s.在选定光强轮廓线的一个合适的平均值作为稳恒背景辐射后,应用统计方法分析了该本影振荡极值的分布.结果显示:谷值成正态分布,而峰值成偏正态分布,这种极值的分布特征表明本影3 min振荡可能是由一种周期约为5 min的行波在本影里面传播时引起的,由行波引起的光强变化可能与行波的位移平方成正比关系,从而导致光强的变化周期为行波周期的一半,结果在光强变化上出现一种3 min的周期.     

冕环振荡的物理特征研究

太阳动力学观测站(Solar Dynamics Observatory,SDO)上的太阳大气成像仪(Atmospheric Imaging Assembly,AIA)利用谱线Fe IX 171 (A)在2010年10月16日对整个日面进行了连续的高分辨率观测,获得了高质量的数据.这些高质量的数据提供了仔细研究冕环振荡的样本.通过分析这份数据,发现活动区NOAA 1112在此期间爆发了一个M2.9级的耀斑.该耀斑触发了太阳表面的多个冕环产生强烈振荡.其中最为明显的两个振荡冕环呈现出截然不同的振荡特征.位于西492 Mm,南170 Mm(简称W492/S170,后面出现的坐标位置均采取这种标注)处的冕环做周期为pA0 =385 s的简谐振荡,其振荡方程为x=2.2sin[2π55(t-768)],其中t为时间,单位为s;而位于W559/S142处的冕环则是一种典型的阻尼振荡,其阻尼振荡周期为Pf =449 s,相应的振荡方程可表示为x=24.8e-2π/342tsin[2π/449(t-1128)].     

内日冕的绿线强度分布研究

日冕是太阳大气活动的关键区域, 是日地空间天气的源头. 受观测限制, 对日冕低层大气等离子体结构和磁场状态的研究非常欠缺, 国际上对于可见光波段日冕低层大气的亮度分层研究很少. 利用丽江日冕仪YOGIS (Yunnan Green-line Imaging System)的日冕绿线($\rm Fe_{\Rmnum{14     

基于EMD-AR谱的3C 273光变周期分析

光变是Blazar最显著的观测特征之一,有的光变呈准周期性. Blazar周期光变可能为其中心黑洞和吸积盘等内部物理结构提供重要信息.因此,周期分析对于讨论Blazar的光变有重要意义.结合经验模态分解(Empirical Mode Decomposition, EMD)和自回归(Auto-regressive, AR)模型谱估计方法的优点,提出了一种基于EMD-AR谱的组合光变周期分析新方法.先对观测数据进行EMD分解,得到各阶模态分量,并计算其与原始光变曲线的相关系数,再取相关度高的分量求和后估算AR谱,最后将此功率谱的周期分析方法用于天体的光变数据分析.讨论了EMD-AR谱方法的原理和应用步骤,并用此方法对类星体3C 273在1887—2016年的观测数据进行了分析,得到3C 273的长时标周期分别为:21.23、13.51、11.02、5.51、4.69、3.79、2.76 yr,与文献中常用方法的分析结果有很好的一致性;短时标周期分别为:(30±1)、(15±0.3)、(7.5±0.2)、(10±0.1)、(5±0.6)、(6±0.4)和(3±0.5) min,此结果未见相关...     

光学相机FOC对黑洞双星高时间分辨测光性能研究

黑洞暂现双星MAXI J1820+070于2018年3月的明亮爆发为研究光学快速测光能力提供了重要机遇. 以快速光学相机(Fast Optical Camera, FOC)为终端设备分别在2018年4月22日、5月26日和8月31日(UTC)使用云南天文台丽江观测站2.4m望远镜对爆发中的黑洞双星MAXI J1820+070进行了亚秒时标的测光观测. 通过观测数据分析, 研究了相机的快速测光性能.对全帧和1/4帧两种观测模式的帧间间隔(frame time), 测得平均帧间间隔为(22.866 pm 0.679)ms和(5.868 pm 0.169)ms. 通过视场中多颗明亮参考源校准,提取了观测对象和参考源的光变曲线, 获得了光变曲线的傅里叶功率谱, 区分了观测对象本征光变和仪器或望远镜等观测因素带来的非本征光变, 成功探测到目标黑洞双星MAXI J1820+070中的光学波段低频准周期振荡信号, 并判别了观测中来自仪器设备或与观测条件相关的时变信号. 这成功验证了相机高速稳定的测光性能和对短至5ms时标光变信号的探测能力.     

Blazar天体3C 66A光学波段准周期光变分析

研究了Blazar天体3C 66A光学波段的准周期光变行为.收集了3C 66A光学V波段将近18 yr (2003—2021年)的测光数据,观测数据主要来源是:上海天文台(ShAO)、 AAVSO (The American Association of Variable Star Observers)数据库、Steward天文台.使用了Jurkevich和Lomb-Scargle两种方法分析了光变数据.Jurkevich方法得到了(850±90) d (～2.3 yr)和(1150±140) d (～3.2 yr)的光变周期,而Lomb-Scargle方法在充分考虑了“红噪声”效应之后同样得到了(869±70) d和(1111±90) d的光变周期,它们的置信水平分别为>99%和> 95%.通过与之前的研究结果比较,发现～2.3 yr的光变周期在3C 66A的历史光变数据中是一个稳定的周期,而～3.2 yr的周期则是不稳定的.     

恒星黑子对恒星视星等颜色和视锂丰度的影响

发展了一种简单的双温模型用于研究黑子对活动星的视星等、颜色和视Li丰度的影响.在适当的黑子覆盖因子下,恒星黑子能产生可观的活动星的视星等(V星等约±0.2星等)、颜色(B-V颜色约-0.1星等)和Li I λ6708 (?)谱线等值宽度(约-0.2-0.3 dex)的变化.与非活动的正常恒星相比,表面被黑子覆盖的活动星有更蓝的B-V颜色,它们的Li I λ6708 (?)谱线的等值宽度也变窄.根据观测到的活动星黑子引起的光变变幅,估计视圆面黑子覆盖率的变化范围△Fs从百分之几到约0.2.视圆面黑子覆盖率不太可能超过0.3.     

Downflow-induced brightening following a filament eruption

The plasma from solar filament eruptions sometimes falls down to the lower solar atmosphere. These interesting events can help us to understand the properties of downflows, such as the temperature and the conversion between kinetic energy and thermal energy. We analyze the case of a filament eruption in active region NOAA 11283 and brightening caused by the return of filament material on September 7 and 8, 2011, observed by the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) and the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) aboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). Magnetic flux cancellation was observed as a result of the eruption after the eruptive filament started to ascend. Another filament near the eruptive filament was disturbed by an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wave that was triggered by the eruptive filament, causing it to oscillate. Based on coronal seismology, the mean magnetic field strength in the oscillatory filament was estimated to be approximately 18 ± 2 G. Some plasma separated from the filament and fell down to the solar northwest surface after the filament eruption. The velocities of the downflows increased at accelerations lower than the gravitational acceleration. The main characteristic temperature of the downflows was about 5 × 10⁴ K. When the plasma blobs fell down to lower atmospheric heights, the high-speed downward-travelling plasma collided with plasma at lower atmospheric heights, causing the plasma to brighten. The brightening was observed in all 8 AIA channels, demonstrating that the temperature of the plasma in the brightening covered a wide range of values, from 10⁵ K to 10⁷ K. This brightening indicates the conversion between kinetic energy and thermal energy.     

Eruption of an Active-Region Filament Driven by an Emerging Bipole

1 INTRODUCTION Filaments are cool, dense material suspended in the hot, tenuous corona. It is widely accepted that the global magnetic field surrounding the filaments plays a key role in their formation, structure and stability (Tandberg-Hanssen1995). Fil…     

Variations of the low‐degree solar p‐mode frequencies for 10 years of GOLF observations

We experiment with a method of measuring the frequency of solar p modes, intended to extend the passband for the variations of the frequency spectrum as high as possible. So far this passband is limited to a fraction of μ Hz for the classical analysis based on numerical fits of a theoretical line profile to a power spectrum averaged over periods lasting at least several weeks. This limit for the present analysis can be shifted to the mHz range, corresponding to some of the “5 min” oscillations, but in this range we use a lower resolution which allows us to separate odd and even p modes. We show an example of the results for long term variations and apply this analysis to search for a modulation of the p‐mode frequency spectrum by asymptotic series of solar g modes. A faint signal is found in the analysis of 10 years of GOLF data. This very preliminary result possibly indicates the detection of a small number of g modes of degree l = 1. A tentative determination of an observational value of the parameter P₀ follows. P₀ is the scaling factor of the asymptotic series of g modes and is a key data for solar core physics. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Review of Hinode results

Hinode is an observatory‐style satellite, carrying three advanced instruments being designed and built to work together to explore the physical coupling between the photosphere and the upper layers for understanding the mechanism of dynam‐ ics and heating. The three instruments aboard are the Solar Optical Telescope (SOT), which can provide high‐precision photometric and polarimetric data of the lower atmosphere in the visible light (388–668 nm) with a spatial resolution of 0.2–0.3 arcseconds, the X‐Ray Telescope (XRT) which takes a wide field of full sun coverage X‐ray images being capable of diagnosing the physical condition of coronal plasmas, and the EUV Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) which observes the upper transition region and coronal emission lines in the wavelength ranges of 17–21 nm and 25–29 nm. Since first‐light observations in the end of October 2006, Hinode has been continuously providing unprecedented high‐quality solar data. We will present some new findings of the sun with Hinode, focusing on those from SOT (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

High resolution observations of white‐light emissions from the opacity minimum during an X‐class flare

Using high cadence, high resolution near infrared (NIR) observations of the X10 white‐light flare (WLF) on 2003 October 29, we investigated the evolution of the core‐halo structure of white‐light emission during the two‐second period flare peak. We found that size and intensity of the halo remained almost constant in the range of 10 Mm². However, the core area was very compact and expanded rapidly from about 1 Mm² to 4 Mm². At the same time, the total emission of the core increased nearly twenty times. This distinct behavior indicates that different heating mechanisms might be responsible for core and halo emissions. In addition to the temporal analysis, we compared the intensity enhancements of the flare core and halo. The result shows that the halo contrast increased by about 8% compared to the flare‐quiet region, which could be explained by a combination of direct‐heating and backwarming models (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

YAOPBM – yet another peak bagging method

I present and discuss the fitting methodology I developed for very‐long time series (2088‐day‐long). This new method was first used to fit low degree modes, 𝓁 ≤ 25. That time series was also sub‐divided in somewhat shorter segments (728‐daylong) and also fitted for these low degrees, in order to measure changes with the solar activity level. I have recently extended the fitting in several “directions”: 1) to substantially higher degrees (𝓁 ≤ 125), 2) to shorter time series (364‐ and 182‐day‐long), and, 3) to additional 728‐day‐long segments, covering now some 10 years of observations. I present and discuss issues related to this expansion, namely problems at low frequencies affecting the f and p₁ modes, and the inadequacy of the leakage matrix at higher degrees. I also present some of the characteristics of the observed temporal changes in the resulting frequencies. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Intermediate‐term variations in solar radius during solar cycle 23

In this study, we look for the mid‐term variations in the daily average data of solar radius measurements made at the Solar Astrolabe Station of TUBITAK National Observatory (TUG) during solar cycle 23 for a time interval from 2000 February 26 to 2006 November 15. Due to the weather conditions and seasonal effect dependent on the latitude, the data series has the temporal gaps. For spectral analysis of the data series, thus, we use the Date Compensated Discrete Fourier Transform (DCDFT) and the CLEANest algorithm, which are powerful methods for irregularly spaced data. The CLEANest spectra of the solar radius data exhibit several significant mid‐term periodicities at 393.2, 338.9, 206.5, 195.2, 172.3 and 125.4 days which are consistent with periods detected in several solar time series by several authors during different solar cycles. The knowledge relating to the origin of solar radius variations is not yet present. To see whether these variations will repeat in next cycles and to understand how the amplitudes of such variations change with different phases of the solar cycles, we need more systematic efforts and the long‐term homogeneous data. Since most of the periodicities detected in the present study are frequently seen in solar activity indicators, it is thought that the physical mechanisms driving the periodicities of solar activity may also be effective in solar radius variations (© 2009 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)     

Solar internal rotation rate and the latitudinal variation of the tachocline

A new set of accurately measured frequencies of solar oscillations is used to infer the rotation rate inside the Sun, as a function of radial distance as well as latitude. We have adopted a regularized least-squares technique with iterative refinement for both 1.5D inversion, using the splitting coefficients, and 2D inversion using individual m splittings. The inferred rotation rate agrees well with earlier estimates showing a shear layer just below the surface and another one around the base of the convection zone. The tachocline or the transition layer where the rotation rate changes from differential rotation in the convection zone to an almost latitudinally independent rotation rate in the radiative interior is studied in detail. No compelling evidence for any latitudinal variation in the position and width of the tachocline is found, although it appears that the tachocline probably shifts to a slightly larger radial distance at higher latitudes and possibly also becomes thicker. However, these variations are within the estimated errors and more accurate data would be needed to make a definitive statement about latitudinal variations.     

IR spectroscopy of COmosphere dynamics with the CO ?rst overtone band

We discuss observations of the weak ?rst overtone (Δν = 2) CO absorption band near 2300 nm with the U.S. National Solar Observatory Array Camera (NAC), a modern mid‐infrared detector. This molecular band provides a thermal diagnostic that forms lower in the atmosphere than the stronger fundamental band near 4600 nm. The observed center‐to‐limb increase in CO line width qualitatively agrees with the proposed higher temperature shocks or faster plasma motions higher in the COmosphere. The spatial extent of chromospheric shock waves is currently at or below the diffraction limit of the available CO lines at existing telescopes. Five minute period oscillations in line strength and measured Doppler shifts are consistent with the p‐mode excitation of the photospheric gas. We also show recent efforts at direct imaging at 4600 nm. We stress that future large‐aperture solar telescopes must be teamed with improved, dynamic mid‐infrared instruments, like the NAC, to capitalize on the features that motivate such facilities (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)