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PP 013029

Determination of Coronal Transverse Density Structuring from Propagating MHD Waves in the Solar Atmosphere

I. Arregui (1,2), A. Asensio Ramos (1,2), D. J. Pascoe (3)
(1) Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Via Lactea s/n, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (2) Departamento de Astrofisica, Universidad de La Laguna, E-38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain, (3) School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK
We present a Bayesian seismology inversion technique for propagating magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) transverse waves observed in coronal waveguides. The technique uses theoretical predictions for the spatial damping of propagating kink waves in transversely inhomogeneous coronal waveguides. It combines wave amplitude damping length scales along the waveguide with theoretical results for resonantly damped propagating kink waves to infer the plasma density variation across the oscillating structures. Provided the spatial dependence of the velocity amplitude along the propagation direction is measured and the existence of two different damping regimes is identified, the technique would enable us to fully constrain the transverse density structuring, providing estimates for the density contrast and its transverse inhomogeneity length scale.

 
Aceptado para publicación en ApJL | Enviado el 2013-04-23 | Proyecto P/301141