太阳p模振动的激发机制

本估计了激发单个太阳ｐ模振动需要的能量输入率Ｅ≡ＥＴ,其中谱线宽度Г假设是振动模能量衰减率的观测值,在改进后的对流湍流三维时空分离描述的基础上,利用太阳对流区的混合长流模型计算了振动模的激发率,认为太阳Ｐ模振动主要是由雷诺应力扰动激发的,即Ｐ模激发对应着地流湍流运动引起声波发射,对于频率ｖ〈３ｍＨｚ,振动模的激发率为Ｅ∝ｖ＾７频率ｖ〉３ｍＨｚ,振动模的激发率为Ｅ∝ｖ＾－５,理论计算的振动能谱与观     

太阳P模振动理论的研究

日震学是太阳物理的一个前沿分支学科,是根据太阳振动的观测来研究太阳的内部结构与运动的一种方法学。太阳５ｍｉｎ振动频率的理论计算和实测之间存在的显著偏差和振动模的激发问题一直是困扰日震学的两大难题,经过多年的研究仍然没有解决。然而太阳的表面层内绝热假设条件与真实情况有很大的偏差,我们认为绝大多数标准太阳模型的Ｐ模频率计算忽略了非绝热效应对频率的影响,忽略了振动的激发和衰减机制以及缺乏振动与对流湍流相互作用的知识。因此,我们必须发展非绝热理论来处理太阳５ｍｉｎ的振动问题     

太阳P模振动理论的研究

日震学是太阳物理的一个前沿分支学科,是根据太阳振动的观测来研究太阳的内部结构与运动的一种方法学。太阳５ｍｉｎ振动频率的理论计算和实测之间存在显著偏差和振动模的激发问题一直是困扰日震学的两大难题。经过多年的研究仍然没有解决。然而太阳表面层内绝热假设条件与真实情况有很大的偏差,我们认为绝大多数标准太阳模型的Ｐ模频率计算忽略了非绝热效应对频率的影响,忽略了振动的激发和衰减机制以及缺乏振动与对流湍流相互作     

非绝热过程对太阳p模振动的影响

本文讨论了与非绝热性有关的辐射损失和对流转移对太阳ｐ模振动的影响．在非绝热情况下，ｐ模的本征频率增加了虚部σ（１）ｉ和σ（２）ｉ．本文试图探讨一种渐进方法研究非绝热效应对太阳ｐ模振动的影响．在渐进近似失效的太阳外大气层，利用表面相移的相关关系给出了非绝热振动方程的严格解．对低、中间频率的振动模，通过渐进解和表面解在外大气层的拟合，得到表面相移只是频率的函数．与绝热振动相比，考虑非绝热效应有可能改善太阳５分钟振动的理论频率和观测频率之间存在的偏差．     

太阳5分钟振荡的激发机制

1 引言 太阳5分钟振荡是上世纪1个重要的发现[1],它使得人们可以通过观测太阳表面的振动来探测其内部的结构,日震学已取得了巨大的进展,然而我们至今仍不了解其脉动的激发机制,它依然是1个存在争议的问题.太阳位于造父变星脉动不稳定区之外,所以大多数人都相信,由于对流的阻尼,太阳是脉动稳定的,太阳和太阳型恒星的振荡都是由所谓的湍流随机激发机制所激发[2-8].     

太阳存在脉动不稳定的低球谐阶p1模吗?

利用一种非局部和非定常的恒星对流理论,计算了太阳中低球谐阶(l＜25)模的非绝热脉动.结果表明,低阶(0＜l＜6)非径向p1模是脉动不稳定的,而与之相邻的g模、f模和p2-p5模都是脉动稳定的.根据累积功图的分析,发现振荡的激发来自对流区底部区域.太阳是否存在不稳定的低球谐阶p1模对判断太阳5 min振荡的激发机制有重要意义.     

非绝热过程对太阳P模振动的影响

本讨论了与非绝热性有关的辐射损失和对流转移对太阳ｐ模振动的影响。在非绝热情况下，Ｐ模的本征频率增加虚σｉ和σ＾２（）ｉ。本试图探讨一种渐进方法研究非绝热产应对太阳Ｐ模振动的影响。在渐近近拟效的太阳外大气层，利用表面相移的相关关系给出了非绝热振动方程的严格解。     

磁对流湍流对太阳P模振动的影响(英文)

为了进一步探索太阳对流区的物理性质 ,我们利用高精度N的日震观测数据来研究太阳内部扰动磁场对低阶太阳P模振动的影响。对于一个时间相关的MHD湍流源 ,我们给出了导致频率变化的各种可能性。如果只考虑磁扰动的贡献 ,不同值的振动模的频率变化仅只是涨落磁场能谱的函数。我们发现频率的变化随着太阳内部磁场强度增加而变大 ,并且和太阳活动周期密切相关。我们的计算表明太阳磁活动导致的频率变化可达 0 .3μΗz。     

绝热非径向太阳振动的数值计算方法

本文采用改进后的平行Shooting方法，即连续正交归一化方法，通过增加系统的秩和把微分方程从线性变成非线性的方法，使得病态方程变成非病态方程，克服了平行Shooting方法（不连续正交归一化方法）的主要困难：一是选择径向网格点数目的问题，如果被检验振动模的径向节点数大或小，所需要的网格点数则多或少；二是在远离阈值的时候，尚未有合适的方法提高计算精度的问题．数值计算出了标准太阳模型的绝热非径向太阳振动的理论本征频率谱．从数值计算的结果发现改进后的平行Shooting方法比线性化的Henyey方法和平行Shooting方法收敛性更好且精度更高．其误差可以达到1％的精度．     

非局部对流理论及其在太阳模型中的应用(英文)

在Li&Yang (2 0 0 1 )所给出的局部对流理论的基础上 ,我们进一步采用梯度型方案给出了非局部对流理论 ,并将它用于太阳模型中。这一理论考虑了恒星对流区内的非局部效应 ,它得到了一个与原来用混合长理论或局部理论给出的结果有所区别的对流区 ,扩散效应很明显。但是 ,目前我们的理论还不能处理时间相关的对流以及对流超射等问题。这些问题将在后续工作中加以考虑。当把这一理论应用于太阳模型中时 ,我们发现它对标准太阳模型的改正非常微小。我们讨论了这一现象 ,并对其加以解释     

Flare-Induced Excitation of Solar p modes

Solar flares release large amounts of energy at different layers of the solar atmosphere, including at the photosphere in the case of exceptionally major events. Therefore, it is expected that large flares would be able to excite acoustic waves on the solar surface, thereby affecting the p-mode oscillation characteristics. We have applied the ring-diagram analysis technique to 3-D power spectra obtained for different flare regions in order to study how flares affect the amplitude, frequency and width of the acoustic modes. Data from the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) has been used. We have used data obtained for several active regions of the current solar cycle that have produced flares. In most cases, during the period of high flare activity, power in p modes appears to be larger when compared to that in non-flaring regions of similar magnetic field strength.     

Solar p modes of high degree l: coupling by differential rotation

Accurate measurements of solar p-mode frequencies and frequency splittings at high degree l require an adequate theoretical knowledge of the effects of mode coupling, induced by the variation with latitude of the angular velocity of the solar internal rotation. Earlier results for expansion coefficients of composite solutions (coupling coefficients) are due to Woodard. In this paper, the analysis is extended to allow for the dependence of the differential rotation on depth, and the result is expressed in terms of measurable quantities (the rotational splitting coefficients), which makes it convenient for diagnostic purposes. The analysis is based on the approach of quasi-degenerate perturbation theory, and is extended further to address possible effects of mode coupling in the observational line profiles. It is shown, using approximations applicable at high degree l , that the expected line profiles of composite modes in the observational power spectra are not distorted by mode coupling.     

On the Excitation Mechanism of Solar Five-minute Oscillations

The excitation mechanism of solar five-minute oscillations is studied in the present paper. We calculated the non-adiabatic oscillations of low- and intermediate-degree (l = 1 − 25) g4-p39 modes for the Sun. Both the thermodynamic and dynamic couplings are taken into account by using our non-local and time-dependent theory of convection. The results show that all the lowfrequencyf- and p-modes with periods P > 5.4 min are pulsationally unstable, while the coupling between convection and oscillations is neglected. However, when the convection coupling is taken into account, all the g- and low-frequency f- and p-modes with periods longer than 16 minutes (except the low-degree p1-modes) and the high frequency p-modes with periods shorter than 3 minutes become stable, and the intermediate-frequency p-modes with period from 3 to 16 minutes are pulsationally unstable. The pulsation amplitude growth rates depend only on the frequency and almost do not depend on l. They achieve the maximum at ν 3700 μHz (or P 270 sec). The coupling between convection and oscillations plays a key role for stabilization of low-frequency f- and p-modes and excitation of intermediate-frequency p-modes. We propose that the solar 5-minute oscillations are not caused by any single excitation mechanism, but they are resulted from the combined effect of “regular” coupling between convection and oscillations and turbulent stochastic excitation. For low- and intermediatefrequency p-modes, the coupling between convection and oscillations dominates; while for high-frequency modes, stochastic excitation dominates.     

Excitation of high-m tearing modes at the solar flare site

It is shown that high-m drift tearing modes can be excited under the conditions prevalent at the solar flare sites. Since the growth rate of the high-m tearing modes is larger than that for low-m macroscopic tearing modes and smaller than that of microscopic ion-acoustic instability, these modes warrant accommodation in the scheme of instabilities possibly operating in the hybrid model of solar flares suggested by Spicer.     

Excitation of non-axially symmetric modes of the Sun's mean magnetic field

The kinematic dynamo equations for the mean magnetic field are solved with an asymptotic method of the WKB type. The excitation conditions and main characteristics of the non-axially symmetric modes for a given distribution of the sources are obtained. Utilization of the helioseismologic data on the Sun's internal rotation permits an explanation, within the framework of dynamo theory, of the excitation of the main non-axially symmetric modes revealed in the Sun's magnetic field sector structure.     

Solar p and g modes in a model with a convection layer above a sub-adiabatic interior

We study high-order acoustic modes which reside in the outer layers of the solar interior. Magnetic field effects are not taken into account in this paper as we wish first to filter out how the modal frequencies depend on physical characteristics of a particular model structure of the Sun. In particular, we are interested in how the modal frequencies of solar global oscillations depend on the thickness of the convection layer and on the temperature gradient of the solar interior below. The model we use consists of three planar layers: an isothermal atmosphere, while the convection layer and the interior have temperature gradients that are adiabatic and sub-adiabatic, respectively. The presence of a convection layer with a finite thickness brings in additional modes while the variations in temperature gradient of the interior cause shifts in eigenfrequencies that are more pronounced for the p modes than for the g modes. These shifts can easily be of the order of several hundreds of Hz, which is much larger than the observational accuracy.     

Excitation and visibility of slow modes in rotating B-type stars

We use the traditional approximation to describe oscillations with frequencies comparable to the angular rotation rate. Validity of this approximation in application to main-sequence B stars is discussed. Numerical results regarding mode stability and visibility are presented for a model of the Be star HD 163868. For this object, Walker et al. detected a record number of mode frequencies using data from the small space telescope MOST . Our interpretation of these data differs from that of Walker et al. In particular, we interpret peaks in the lowest frequency range as retrograde g modes. We find instability in a large number of modes that remain undetectable because of unfavourable aspect and/or effect of cancellation. There is no clear preference to excitation of prograde modes.     

Electron Excitation Rates in the Solar Corona for non-Maxwellian Electron Distributions

The influence of electron non-Maxwellian distributions (power and -distribution) on the electron excitation rate in the solar corona is demonstrated. It is shown that the deviations in electron excitation rate are sufficient to affect intensities of spectral lines. As an example the diagnostics of a power-law distribution are demonstrated for a simplified calculation of the resonance lines of Fexxiv, Fexxv and Fexxvi. The results can be used in diagnosing solar flare plasmas, where the deviations of the electron distribution from a Maxwellian distribution can be large.     

On the Power Distribution of Solar p MODES

We present a simple idealized model of stochastically forced solar oscillations, and compare the distribution function of energy, averaged over 12-hour intervals, with that of low-degree solar modes. We find that the simulated energy distribution is similar to the observations, except at extremely high energy.