Three-minute Sunspot Oscillations Driven by Magnetic Reconnection in a Light Bridge

Donguk Song; Jongchul Chae; Hannah Kwak; Ryouhei Kano; Vasyl Yurchyshyn; Yong Jae Moon; Eun Kyung Lim; Jeongwoo Lee

doi:10.3847/2041-8213/aa9a36

Three-minute Sunspot Oscillations Driven by Magnetic Reconnection in a Light Bridge

Donguk Song, Jongchul Chae, Hannah Kwak, Ryouhei Kano, Vasyl Yurchyshyn, Yong Jae Moon, Eun Kyung Lim, Jeongwoo Lee

Center For Solar Terrestrial Research - Big Bear Solar Observatory

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We report a different type of three-minute chromospheric oscillation above a sunspot in association with a small-scale impulsive event in a light bridge (LB). During our observations, we found a transient brightening in the LB. The brightening was composed of elementary bursts that may be a manifestation of fast repetitive magnetic reconnections in the LB. Interestingly, the oscillations in the nearby sunspot umbra were impulsively excited when the intensity of the brightening reached its peak. The initial period of the oscillations was about 2.3 minutes and then gradually increased to 3.0 minutes with time. In addition, we found that the amplitude of the excited oscillations was twice the amplitude of oscillations before the brightening. Based on our results, we propose that magnetic reconnection occurring in an LB can excite oscillations in the nearby sunspot umbra.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	L33
Journal	Astrophysical Journal Letters
Volume	850
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/aa9a36
State	Published - Dec 1 2017

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Astronomy and Astrophysics
Space and Planetary Science

Keywords

Sun: UV radiation
Sun: chromosphere
Sun: transition region
sunspots

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