Center-to-limb variation of low-frequency Ca II line brightness oscillations in the solar chromosphere

• Published in: Astronomy letters Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 361 - 371
• Main Authors: Ozhogina, O. A., Teplitskaya, R. B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Moscow Pleiades Publishing 01.06.2014; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Astronomy; Astrophysics and Astroparticles; Gravity waves; Internal waves; Observations and Techniques; Oscillators; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Solar energy; Solar system; Spectral composition; Statistical analysis; chromosphere; Sun; oscillations
• ISSN: 1063-7737; 1562-6873
• DOI: 10.1134/S1063773714060061

The goal of this paper is a detailed statistical analysis of the low-frequency Ca II line intensity oscillations containing information about the dynamics of the lower and middle chromosphere. A pixel-by-pixel analysis of the observed parameters has been performed. The following results have been obtained. (1) The low-frequency chromospheric oscillations (periods >400 s) are seen much more frequently in networks than in chromospheric network cells. (2) The relative fraction of the low-frequency chromospheric intensity oscillations increases with height. (3) The occurrence distribution of intensity oscillations as a function of the frequency is subdivided at least into two types. (4) In contrast to the low-frequency photospheric oscillations, the phase differences between the Ca II K and 849.8 nm line intensity oscillations do not give grounds to identify the low-frequency chromospheric oscillations with internal gravity waves. (5) The spectral composition of the oscillations in the network chromosphere resembles that expected in magnetic flux tubes in the nonlinear regime of conversion of transverse MHD waves at lower levels of the atmosphere into longitudinal MHD waves in its upper layer.