The GOLF resonant scattering spectrophotometer aboard SoHO has now provided 15 years of continuous high precision Sun-as-a-star radial-velocity measurements. This length of time series provides very high resolution in the frequency domain and is combined with very good long-term instrumental stability. These are the requirements for measuring the low-l low-frequency global oscillations of the Sun that will unlock the secrets of the solar core. However, before the scientifically interesting gravity and mixed modes of oscillation fully reveal themselves, a correction and calibration of the whole data set is required. Here we present work towards producing a 15 year GOLF data set corrected for instrumental ageing and thermal variation.
@article{arxiv.1110.0396,
title = {Calibrating 15 years of GOLF data},
author = {Guy R. Davies and Rafael A. García},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.0396},
year = {2011}
}
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4 pages, 3 figures. To appear in the SF2A 2011 Proceedings