太阳黑子本影振荡的多波段观测

基于多波段的观测数据, 研究了黑子本影振荡在太阳大气不同高度或温度的振荡特征. 目标黑子发生在2017年9月15日, 位于活动区12680. 多波段的观测数据包括AIA (Atmospheric Imaging Assembly)的极紫外成像及IRIS (Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph)的紫外光谱和成像. 在太阳黑子的本影位置, AIA 1700 Å 光变曲线的振荡周期约为(4.2士0.8) min,而AIA 1600 Å、171 Å和193 Å光变曲线的振荡周期约为(2.8士0.3)min. IRIS的Mg II h和k谱线及远紫外成像(2796 Å)都表现为(3.1士0.5) min的准周期振荡,而谱线Si IV 1393.76 Å的振荡周期约为(2.9+0.4)min.观测结果说明黑子本影的振荡周期随着太阳大气高度的升高而逐渐减小.较短的周期可认为是3 min振荡,很可能与黑子本影上方的慢磁声波有关,它起源于温度极小区并向上传播到日冕.较长的周期可解释为光球的5 min振荡,与太阳的P模振荡有关.     

NOAA6361活动区现象分析

本文分析了ＮＯＡＡ６３６１活动区中的一些现象，发现该活动区在衰亡阶段经历了两次同极性黑子的复合过程，复合后的黑子本影间均有光桥存在，观测结果倾向于支持Ｐａｒｋｅｒ１９７９年提出的黑子多磁流管模型。１４日复合后的黑子本影还顺时针方向旋转了约７０度角，从半影纤维的同样顺时针旋转可以认为：该黑子的半影磁场并非是普遍认为的简单的本影磁场的发散部分。我们还观测到另外两个比较有趣的现象：①δ黑子中的ｐ极性黑子     

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.     

AR5395的黑子运动和复杂磁场(摘要)

AR5395超级活动区,出现在罕见的高纬度,光球黑子是磁场结构复杂的δ结构大群体(1989年3月13日,半球面积极大达3589),S极本影呈U形从三面包围中间的N极本影。密聚的黑子结构,除了出现整体的向东漂移运动,各本影还有以0～1.1°/天的不同速度作平移运动,同时,群体内三个小区域又产生旋转运动。其演化过程是     

22周强质子耀斑活动区的特征

本文研究了22周中的9个强质子耀斑活动区的共同特征,研究结果表明:单个团状结构黑子,即众多异极性黑子本影核紧锁在同一半影结构中的δ型黑子是强质子耀斑活动区的典型形态特征。黑子群的旋转是质子耀斑活动区的又一重要特征,黑子群的旋转方向与日面南、北半球无关。强质子耀斑的爆发总是在黑子群旋转角度达到正或负相极大之后出现。质子耀斑后,磁绳的松弛,黑子群可能会出现反向旋转,强的剪切过程和质子耀斑可能会再度出现。     

磁极性反转线附近黑子半影纤维的形态

本文对８个活动区极性反转线附近黑子半影纤维的形态进行了分析得出：１）具有强δ磁结构的活动区，穿过主要异极性黑子间的中性线近旁半影纤维或多或少地与中性线平行，有关黑子半影呈肇涡形态；２）由新浮现发展形成的δ结构区，异级黑子在大黑子边缘或与大黑子本影之间有一段距离，中性线两边的半影纤维有序排列，走向与中性线斜交，有关黑子呈弱的施     

磁极性反转线附近黑子半影纤维的形态

本文对８个活动区极性反转线（中性线）附近黑子半影纤维的形态进行了分析得出：１）具有强δ磁结构的活动区，穿过主要异极性黑子间的中性线近旁半影纤维或多或少地与中性线平行（交角小于３０°），有关黑子半影呈旋涡形态；２）由新浮现发展形成的δ结构区，异级黑子在大黑子边缘或与大．黑子本影之间有一段距离，中性线两边的半影纤维有序排列，走向与中性线斜交，有关黑子呈弱的旋涡形态。３）对于较稳定的极群，Ｎ、Ｓ极性间的宽窄不一的半影稀疏区，中性线沿该区经过，两旁半影松散齿状，走向与中性线大体垂直，相反极性本影间距较远。     

强质子耀斑活动区的形态和旋转特征

本文研究结果表明：同一黑子群在日面期间的顺或反时针方向的旋转运动会先后并存．质子耀斑前1～2无，黑子群的旋转角速度达到极大．耀斑后，磁绳的松弛，黑子群可能会反向旋转，强的剪切过程和质子耀斑可能会再度出现．强质子耀斑活动区的共同特征是：（1）形态为单个团状结构δ型黑子，即众多异极性本影核紧锁在同一黑子半影中；（2）黑子面积＞1000×10－6半球面积，日面跨度＞10°；（3）黑子群都有快速的旋转运动．这类活动区，如果在日面西部活动性明显地增强，那么这个活动区在未来转到日面边缘及其背后、或再次从日面东边缘转出时，定能再次爆发耀斑和伴随较强质子事件。     

1972年8月太阳活动区的形态研究 Ⅰ.黑子精细结构的形态

云南天文台成功地拍到了1972年8月太阳大黑子群的自光精细结构照片.从该黑子群形态的逐日演变得出如下结论:1.观测到了与黑子本影旋转运动有关的黑子动力学形态,即半影纤维排列的旋涡结构.2.该黑子群中部本影的旋转、自行和分裂运动,以及它东面蛇形半影长纤维的被拉长、弯曲和蜕化是本活动区光球形态变化的主要特征.这些运动是属于该黑子群内部固有的特性,似乎与较差自转等原因无直接联系.3.光球黑子形态变化的激发过程和色球耀斑活动的强烈程度对应很好,显示出两者之间可能存在比较密切的物理联系.     

1984年2月25日日面大耀斑光学特性

1984年2月25日,日面爆发了一个高能大耀斑。我们取得了该耀斑过程的光球黑子活动区强磁场以及黑子、H_α色球等光学资料。分析表明:1.这种高能大耀斑是产生在有黑子剪切运动、新浮磁流和磁场梯度大的磁中性线(H_n=0)两侧;2.耀斑发展到极大前后,不但会掩盖部分后随黑子半影,而且还会进一步掩盖这些后随黑子本影;3.在高能大耀斑爆发过程中,相应的光球黑子活动区的强磁场会出现变化,磁通量增长率为1.0×10~8韦伯/秒,磁场梯度最大为0.2高斯/公里;4.黑子间的相对运动速度最大可达0.3公里/秒。     

On the sunspot transition region

The EUV line emission and relative line-of-sight velocity in the transition region between the chromosphere and corona of 36 sunspot regions are investigated, based on observations with the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer – CDS and the Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation – SUMER on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory – SOHO. The most prominent features in the transition-region intensity maps are the sunspot plumes. In the temperature range between log T=5.2 and log T=5.6 we find that 29 of the 36 sunspots contain one or two sunspot plumes. The relative line-of-sight velocity in sunspot plumes is high and directed into the Sun in the transition region, for 19 of the sunspots the maximum velocity exceeds 25 km s^?1. The velocity increases with increasing temperature, reaches a maximum close to log T=5.5 and then decreases abruptly.

Attention is given to the properties of oscillations with a period of 3 min in the sunspot transition region, based on observations of six sunspots. Comparing loci with the same phase we find that the 3-min oscillations affect the entire umbral transition region and part of the penumbral transition region. Above the umbra the observed relation between the oscillations in peak line intensity and line-of-sight velocity is compatible with the hypothesis that the oscillations are caused by upward-propagating acoustic waves. Information about intensity oscillations in the low corona is obtained from observations of one sunspot in the 171 Å channel with the Transition Region And Coronal Explorer – TRACE. We conclude that we observe the 3-min sunspot oscillations in the chromosphere, the transition region and the low corona. The oscillations are observable over a wider temperature range than the sunspot plumes, and show a different spatial distribution than that of the plumes.

     

Acoustic power mapping for active regions from MDI, HLH, and TON data

Based on the HLH and TON ground-based helioseismological projects and the SOHO/MDI spaceborne project, we obtained acoustic power maps of active regions averaged over 1 mHz intervals. These maps allowed the spatial and frequency distributions of acoustic power in an active region and its surroundings to be studied. The time step of the HLH data is 42 s, which makes it possible to investigate the acoustic power up to 11.9 mHz. Data in the Ca II K and Ni I lines, which originate in the middle chromosphere and the photosphere, respectively, give an idea of the height distribution of acoustic oscillation energy in the solar atmosphere. The acoustic halo produced by excess acoustic power around sunspots clearly shows up on acoustic maps in the Ca II K line and, to a lesser degree, in the Doppler Ni I line shifts. Ground-based observations also reveal a large enhancement of acoustic power inside sunspots. Our tests show that this effect results from the combination of a high intensity gradient in the data and atmospheric seeing. The latter was reduced by referencing each image to the sunspot. The spatial distribution of power inside the sunspot due to atmospheric seeing was found to depend on the exposure time of the data used. Excluding the nonsolar effects, a common property of all acoustic maps is the suppression of the solar-oscillation acoustic power in active regions.     

On umbral flashes in different sunspot groups

The results of a statistical investigation of the occurrence of umbral flashes for 40 sunspot groups are reported for the period 1966–1983. The following characteristics were chosen for the analysis: (a) position on the solar disk; (b) group area; (c) sunspot area; (d) maximum magnetic field strength of a sunspot; (e) modified Zürich class; (f) sunspot age; (g) magnetic structure; and (h) flare activity of a group. The dependence of umbral flashes on magnetic structure of a sunspot is the most essential feature. The absence of umbral flashes in the umbrae of main sunspots perhaps may be used as one of the predictors of flare activity.     

Shapes and centre-to-limb variation of the H and K lines in sunspot umbrae

The shapes of the Ca ii H and K lines in sunspot umbral spectra vary from single asymmetric peaks near the centre of the disk to almost symmetric double peaks at the limb. In addition, there are other differences in the behaviour of both H and K lines in sunspots compared to the quiet Sun. The whole complex of the phenomena observed can not be explained by large scale chromosphere motions. Instead, a satisfactory model reproducing in detail peculiarities of the umbral emission reversals contains a cloud of emitting and absorbing gas located above the chromosphere, which flows into the sunspot. The radiation field parameters in such a cloud are consistent with the concept of weak quiescent prominences above the umbra.     

Multilevel Analysis of Oscillation Motions in Active Regions of the Sun

The nature of the three-minute and five-minute oscillations observed in sunspots is considered to be an effect of propagation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves from the photosphere to the solar corona. However, the real modes of these waves and the nature of the filters that result in rather narrow frequency bands of these modes are still far from being generally accepted, in spite of a large amount of observational material obtained in a wide range of wave bands. The significance of this field of research is based on the hope that local seismology can be used to find the structure of the solar atmosphere in magnetic tubes of sunspots. We expect that substantial progress can be achieved by simultaneous observations of the sunspot oscillations in different layers of the solar atmosphere in order to gain information on propagating waves. In this study we used a new method that combines the results of an oscillation study made in optical and radio observations. The optical spectral measurements in photospheric and chromospheric lines of the line-of-sight velocity were carried out at the Sayan Solar Observatory. The radio maps of the Sun were obtained with the Nobeyama Radioheliograph at 1.76 cm. Radio sources associated with the sunspots were analyzed to study the oscillation processes in the chromosphere – corona transition region in the layer with magnetic field B=2000 G. A high level of instability of the oscillations in the optical and radio data was found. We used a wavelet analysis for the spectra. The best similarities of the spectra of oscillations obtained by the two methods were detected in the three-minute oscillations inside the sunspot umbra for the dates when the active regions were situated near the center of the solar disk. A comparison of the wavelet spectra for optical and radio observations showed a time delay of about 50 seconds of the radio results with respect to the optical ones. This implies an MHD wave traveling upward inside the umbral magnetic tube of the sunspot. For the five-minute oscillations the similarity in spectral details could be found only for optical oscillations at the chromospheric level in the umbral region or very close to it. The time delays seem to be similar. Besides three-minute and five-minute ones, oscillations with longer periods (8 and 15 minutes) were detected in optical and radio records. Their nature still requires further observational and theoretical study for even a preliminary discussion.     

Automation of Area Measurement of Sunspots

When drawing up a database for sunspots from a large collection of white-light films, a need for the automation of the process arises. The concepts used at the automation of the area measurements of sunspots are described. As an example, sunspot groups NOAA 5521 and 5528 are processed and the areas obtained are compared to the measurements published in the literature. Similar values are obtained, except umbral areas published by Steinegger et al. (1996) which are significantly larger than ours. We find that the differences may be attributed to the fact that the definition proposed by Steinegger et al. (1996) for the penumbra–umbra border of a sunspot is not equivalent to those used for the measurements of others of the umbral area.     

Spatial variations in parameters of quasi-hourly sunspot fragment oscillations and a singular penumbra oscillator

We obtained three-dimensional interpolated portraits for the radial and torsional oscillations of fragments of 12 sunspots in the form of deviations of their polar coordinates from drift as functions of the time and distance from the sunspot center. We performed a wavelet analysis of the two orthogonal components and determined the dominant oscillation modes; the period varies between 40 and 100 min for different sunspots. We revealed two types of dominant modes, one is associated with the sunspot and the other is associated with its surrounding pores: the central-mode frequency depends on the maximum field strength of the sunspot and decreases from its center toward the boundary, while the peripheral-mode frequency depends on the heliographic latitude and decreases toward the sunspot boundary from the far periphery. We revealed radial variations in frequency and amplitude with a spatial period of 0.8 sunspot radius. The types of dominant modes and the radial variations in oscillation parameters are linked with the subphotospheric structure of an active region—with two types of spiral waves and concentric magnetic-field waves. We estimated the mean pore oscillation energy to be ～10³⁰ erg and found a singular oscillator with a mean energy of ～10³¹ erg in the penumbra at a distance of 0.8 sunspot radius. We argue that the singular penumbra oscillator is the source of solar flares.     

Solar cycle variation of sunspot intensity

Broad band pinhole photometer intensity observations of 15 large sunspots covering the spectral region 0.387–2.35 m are presented. The data are based on measurements on approximately 500 days during the period June, 1967 to December, 1979.We have found real and significant intensity differences between large sunspots. These differences may be explained by a systematic variation in the umbral temperature throughout the solar cycle. A connection between umbra intensity and heliographic latitude is discussed.No center-limb variation in the umbra/photosphere intensity ratio is detected. We have searched for possible connections between umbra intensity and a number of other sunspot parameters, like the spot size, without detecting any significant correlation. We conclude that the umbra/photosphere intensity ratio seems to be a unique function of epoch for large sunspots.     

On the possibility of investigation of the magnetic field structure in subphotospheric layers of the Sun according to observations of sunspot torsional oscillations

A method of investigation of the magnetic field structure in subphotospheric layers of the Sun has been developed. The method is based on observations of the torisonal oscillations of single sunspots. Characteristics of the torsional oscillations have been obtained from observations of the longitudinal magnetic field and radial velocities of seven single sunspots in the photospheric line Fe I λ5253 Å. The parameters of the torsional oscillations and magnetic tubes in the deep layers have been determined. The radius of the cross section of a magnetic flux tube forming a sunspot is greatest near the Sun’s surface and is approximately equal to the radius of a sunspot umbra. Down to the deeper layers, it decreases quite quickly. The longitudinal electric current appearing in the magnetic tube changes direction. The typical time of the current changes is determined by the period of the torsional oscillations. The intensity of the longitudinal magnetic field in the tube increases with depth. The Alfven wave velocity averaged over the length of a magnetic tube is tens or hundreds of times less than this velocity in a sunspot umbra. It decreases with an increase in the period of oscillations. A decrease in the Alfven wave velocity leads to an increase in the twisting angle of magnetic field lines.     

Sunspot Rotations Derived from Magnetic and Velocity Fields Observations

The rotation of sunspot penumbrae has been investigated on the longitudinal magnetic and velocity fields, observed in the photospheric line Fe i λ5253 Å of five lone sunspots. We reconstructed the entire vectors of both fields from their line-of-sight components. All three components of both vectors revealed that the rotation of the sunspots was, in fact, a torsional oscillation. All components of each sunspot had the same rotational period. The penumbrae oscillation periods were distributed in the range from 3.4 days to 7.7 days. The phase of the velocity azimuthal component oscillation was ahead of the phases of all other components of both vectors. If the penumbra plasma density had been equal to the photospheric plasma density (10^?7 g cm^?3) then the oscillation magnetic energy of the components exceeded their kinetic energy approximately by a factor of 10–200. The obtained results led to the conclusion that these oscillations were constrained.