Fredagskollokvium: What causes high-frequency oscillations in active region moss: Waves or/and Reconnection?

Nancy Narang, Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics (UiO). 

The high temporal, spatial and spectral resolution of Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) has provided new insights into the understanding of different small-scale processes occurring at the chromospheric and transition region heights. I will present a study of the dynamics of high-frequency oscillations of an active region (AR 2376) moss as recorded by simultaneous imaging and spectral data of IRIS. Wavelet transformations and power maps from slit-jaw images in Si IV 1400 Å passband, and sit-and-stare spectroscopic observations of Si IV 1403 Å spectral line reveal the presence of high-frequency oscillations with ~1-2 minutes periods in the bright moss regions. The presence of such low periodicities is further confirmed by intrinsic mode functions (IMFs) as obtained by empirical mode decomposition (EMD) technique. I will show the evidence of the presence of slow waves and reconnection-like events, and that together they cause the high-frequency oscillations in the bright moss regions.

graphs of an active region in the solar atmosphere
Moss region observed in (left) corona by Solar Dynamics Observatory & (right) transition region by Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph. Credits: Nancy Narang (Narang et al. 2019, Frontiers in Astronomy & Space Sciences)

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Publisert 19. mars 2020 07:00 - Sist endret 2. jan. 2025 16:29