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Jiménez, Antonio
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The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 581, Issue 1, pp. 736-744.
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2002
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Description
Phase and gain relations between low-degree acoustic modes measured as
intensity and velocity fluctuations have been carried out using various
instruments and techniques. The helioseismic instrument aboard the Solar
and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) satellite provides an opportunity to
observe solar oscillations in intensity and velocity under the unique
conditions of the quiet environment of this well-run platform.
Simultaneous measurements of intensity and velocity oscillations provide
information on nonadiabatic effects in the radiatively cooled solar
atmosphere and the interaction with the underlying solar background. The
thermodynamical properties of the atmosphere cause a phase shift between
intensity and velocity of -90° (downward positive) in the case of an
adiabatic atmosphere. With simultaneous velocity (SOHO Global
Oscillations at Low Frequencies [GOLF]) and intensity (SOHO Variability
of Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations [VIRGO]) observations, the I-V
phase differences of the low-degree acoustic modes have been computed
with high accuracy (Jiménez in 1999), and the influence of the
background has been found, which produces a degree dependence on the
measured I-V phase differences. After a correction for the background
influence, the I-V phase differences did not show an exactly adiabatic
behavior, but were close to it; the best agreement was found from models
including turbulent pressure associated with convection and fluctuations
of the superadiabatic temperature gradients. The observations of
Jiménez were taken during the minimum of the solar activity cycle
(1996). That work is extended here with VIRGO sunphotometer and GOLF
observations from 1996 to 2001 (from minimum to maximum solar activity)
to study the I-V phase differences and gains between low-degree acoustic
modes by looking for changes, or otherwise, with solar magnetic
activity.