Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Large scale coherent magnetohydrodynamic oscillations in a sunspot

  • M. Stangalini,
  • G. Verth,
  • V. Fedun,
  • A. A. Aldhafeeri,
  • D. B. Jess,
  • S. Jafarzadeh,
  • P. H. Keys,
  • B. Fleck,
  • J. Terradas,
  • M. Murabito,
  • I. Ermolli,
  • R. Soler,
  • F. Giorgi,
  • C. D. MacBride

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-28136-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Co-existence of several magnetohydrodynamic oscillations modes on the Sun were predicted earlier. Here, the authors show large-scale coherent oscillations in a sunspot, with a spectrum different than solar global acoustic oscillations, incorporating a superposition of many resonant wave modes.