Short-term changes in solar oscillation frequencies and solar activity
M. F. WoodardCalifornia Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United StatesKenneth G. LibbrechtBig Bear Solar Observatory Pasadena, CA, United StatesJ. R. KuhnMichigan State University, East Lansing, United StatesNorman MurrayCalifornia Inst. of Tech. Pasadena., United States
1991en
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Abstract
It is shown that the frequencies of solar rho-mode oscillations change significantly over periods as short as one month. These changes correlate significantly with variations in the strength of surface solar activity as measured by the average, over the sun's visible surface, of the magnitude of the line-of-sight magnetic field component from magnetograms. The frequency and mean magnetic variations are found to obey a linear relationship. It is seen that the mean frequency shift at any time depends on the history of solar activity over an interval of, at most, several months prior to the measurement and conclude that the dominant mechanism of the frequency shift is correlated with surface magnetic activity.
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