Abstract

Contributed Talk - Splinter Solar

Wednesday, 23 September 2020, 11:36   (virtual room L)

Chromospheric resonant cavities in umbrae: unequivocal detection and seismic applications

T. Felipe, C. Kuckein, S. J. González Manrique, I. Milic, C. R. Sangeetha
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias; Departamento de Astrofísica, Universidad de La Laguna

Umbral chromospheric oscillations exhibit significant differences compared to their photospheric counterparts. We evaluate two competing scenarios proposed for explaining those observations: a chromospheric resonant cavity and waves traveling from the photosphere to upper atmospheric layers. The oscillatory signatures of both models have been determined from numerical simulations, and they have been compared to observations. We find that a high-frequency peak in the He I 10830 Å power spectra cannot discriminate between both theories, contrary to the claims of Jess et al. (2019, Nature Astronomy, 4, 220). In contrast, phase differences between velocity and temperature fluctuations reveal a standing pattern and unequivocally prove the presence of an acoustic cavity above umbrae. Our findings offer a new seismic method to probe sunspot chromospheres through the identification of resonant nodes in phase spectra.