Detection of ultra-long-period oscillations in an EUV filament
Foullon, Claire; Verwichte, E.; Nakariakov, V.M.
Date: 25 October 2004
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Astronomy and Astrophysics
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EDP Sciences
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Abstract
We report the first detection of long-period (8-27 h) oscillatory intensity variations in a coronal filament. The filament is observed continuously as it crosses the solar disk in a 12-min-cadence SoHO/EIT 195 Å uninterrupted data set. Cyclic intensity variations are found to be correlated along the filament, while the most pronounced ...
We report the first detection of long-period (8-27 h) oscillatory intensity variations in a coronal filament. The filament is observed continuously as it crosses the solar disk in a 12-min-cadence SoHO/EIT 195 Å uninterrupted data set. Cyclic intensity variations are found to be correlated along the filament, while the most pronounced oscillations are detected at its southern end for nearly 6 days. The dominant period of these oscillations is 12.1 h and the amplitude of the intensity variations reaches approximately 10% of the background intensity. The ultra-long-period oscillations may be interpreted in terms of slow string MHD modes or may be connected with thermal over-stability associated with peculiarities of the cooling/heating function and with the effect of neutrals. These theoretical predictions however do not explain the spatial structure of the oscillations along the filament.
Mathematics and Statistics
Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy
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