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Solar Oscillations Observed in the Total Irradiance*
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The total solar irradiance measurements obtained by the active-cavity radiometer on board the Solar Maximum Mission have been analyzed for evidence of global oscillations. We find that the most energetic low-degree p-mode oscillations in the five-minute band have amplitudes of a few parts per million of the total irradiance, and we positively detect modes with l = 0, 1, and 2. The distribution in l differs from that of the velocity spectrum, with relatively more power at lower l values. The individual modes have narrow line widths, corresponding to values of Q greater than a few thousand, or lifetimes of at least a week. We do not detect the 160-min oscillation in the power spectrum, and place an upper limit of 5 parts per million (99.9% confidence) on its amplitude.
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- Research Article
- Information
- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 66: Problems of Solar and Stellar Oscillations , 1983 , pp. 67 - 73
- Copyright
- Copyright © Reidel 1983
Footnotes
Proceedings of the 66th IAU Colloquium: Problems in Solar and Stellar Oscillations, held at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R., 1–5 September, 1981.