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| Paper: |
On the Solar Origin of the 220.7 µHz Signal |
| Volume: |
416, Solar-Stellar Dynamos as Revealed by Helio- and Asteroseismology: GONG 2008/SOHO 21 |
| Page: |
307 |
| Authors: |
Jiménez, A.; García, R. A. |
| Abstract: |
Gravity modes in the Sun have been long searched for during the past decades. Using their asymptotic properties García et al. (2007) found the signature of the dipole g modes analyzing an spectral window between 25 and 140 µHz of velocity power spectrum obtained from the Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies (GOLF)/SoHO instrument. Using this result it has been possible to check some properties of the structure of the solar interior (García, Mathur & Ballot 2008) as well as some indications of the dynamics of the core. However, the individual detection of such modes remains evasive and they are needed to really improve our knowledge of the deepest layers in the Sun (Mathur et al. 2008). In this work we study the signal at 220.7 µHz which is present in most of the helioseismic instruments during the last 10 years. This signal has been previously identified as part of a g-mode candidate in the GOLF data (Turck-Chièze et al. 2004; Mathur et al. 2007) and in SPM/Variability of solar IR radiance and Gravity Oscillations (VIRGO) (García et al. 2008) with more than 90% confidence level. It could be labeled as the l=2 n=-3 g mode as it is in the region were this mode is expected.
We have checked the possibility that the 220.7 µHz signal could have an instrumental origin without success by analyzing all available housekeeping data as well as information on the roll, pitch and yaw of the SoHO spacecraft. In consequence, we are confident that this signal has a solar origin. |
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