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Sunspot Seismology

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Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology

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Abstract

The 5 minute oscillations in a sunspot umbra are the response of the sunspot to forcing by the 5 minute p-modes in the surrounding convection zone (Thomas 1981). This interaction of solar p-modes with a sunspot can be used to probe the structure of a sunspot beneath the visible surface of the Sun (Thomas, Cram, and Nye 1982). Here we report briefly the results of both an observational study and a simple theoretical analysis of this interaction. A full account of these results will be published elsewhere (Abdelatif, Lites, and Thomas 1986; Abdelatif and Thomas 1987).

The National Center for Atmospheric Research is sponsored by the National Science Foundation.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, 14627, USA

    John H. Thomas

  2. High Altitude Observatory, NCAR, Boulder, CO, 80307, USA

    Bruce W. Lites

  3. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637, USA

    Toufik E. Abdelatif

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  1. John H. Thomas
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  1. Institute of Astronomy, University of Aarhus, Aarhus, Denmark

    Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard  & Søren Frandsen  & 

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Thomas, J.H., Lites, B.W., Abdelatif, T.E. (1988). Sunspot Seismology. In: Christensen-Dalsgaard, J., Frandsen, S. (eds) Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology. International Astronomical Union / Union Astronomique Internationale, vol 123. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4009-3_40

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