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Variations of the low‐degree solar p‐mode frequencies for 10 years of GOLF observations
Author(s) -
Grec G.,
Renaud C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
astronomische nachrichten
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.394
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1521-3994
pISSN - 0004-6337
DOI - 10.1002/asna.200710982
Subject(s) - passband , physics , mode (computer interface) , scaling , series (stratigraphy) , astrophysics , range (aeronautics) , frequency analysis , solar core , spectral density , modulation (music) , degree (music) , computational physics , limit (mathematics) , mathematical analysis , optics , statistics , mathematics , geometry , acoustics , quantum mechanics , band pass filter , computer science , operating system , paleontology , neutrino oscillation , materials science , neutrino , solar neutrino , composite material , biology
We experiment with a method of measuring the frequency of solar p modes, intended to extend the passband for the variations of the frequency spectrum as high as possible. So far this passband is limited to a fraction of μ Hz for the classical analysis based on numerical fits of a theoretical line profile to a power spectrum averaged over periods lasting at least several weeks. This limit for the present analysis can be shifted to the mHz range, corresponding to some of the “5 min” oscillations, but in this range we use a lower resolution which allows us to separate odd and even p modes. We show an example of the results for long term variations and apply this analysis to search for a modulation of the p‐mode frequency spectrum by asymptotic series of solar g modes. A faint signal is found in the analysis of 10 years of GOLF data. This very preliminary result possibly indicates the detection of a small number of g modes of degree l = 1. A tentative determination of an observational value of the parameter P 0 follows. P 0 is the scaling factor of the asymptotic series of g modes and is a key data for solar core physics. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)