English

MHD waves in sunspots

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2016-03-09 v1

Abstract

The review addresses the spatial frequency morphology of sources of sunspot oscillations and waves, including their localization, size, oscillation periods, height localization with the mechanism of cut-off frequency that forms the observed emission variability. Dynamic of sunspot wave processes, provides the information about the structure of wave fronts and their time variations, investigates the oscillation frequency transformation depending on the wave energy is shown. The initializing solar flares caused by trigger agents like magnetoacoustic waves, accelerated particle beams, and shocks are discussed. Special attention is paid to the relation between the flare reconnection periodic initialization and the dynamics of sunspot slow magnetoacoustic waves. A short review of theoretical models of sunspot oscillations is provided.

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@article{arxiv.1509.06466,
  title  = {MHD waves in sunspots},
  author = {Robert Sych},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.06466},
  year   = {2016}
}

Comments

20 pages, 6 figures, Chapter in AGU Monograph (in press), Review article

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