Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union

Table of Contents - 2006 - Volume 2, Symposium S233 (Solar Activity and its Magnetic Origin)  

Solar Activity and its Magnetic Origin
Contributed Papers

Seismic Radiation from M-class Solar Flares

Diana Besliu-Ionescu a1a2, Alina-C. Donea a2, Paul Cally a2 and Charles Lindsey a3
a1 Department of Solar Physics, Astronomical Institute of the Romanian Academy Str. Cutitul de Argint Nr.5, RO-040557, Bucharest, Romania email: diana.besliu@gmail.com
a2 C.S.P.A., School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University Victoria, AUSTRALIA 3800
a3 Colorado Research Associates Division, NorthWest Research Associates, Inc. 3380 Mitchell Lane, Boulder, CO 80301, USA

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Abstract

Helioseismic holography is a technique used to image the sources of seismic disturbances observed at the solar surface. It has been used to detect acoustic emission, known as sun quakes, radiated from X-class solar flares. Since the seismic power emitted by the X-class flares has proved to be independent of the strength of the flare, we have undertaking a systematic search for seismic signatures from M-class solar flares, observed by SOHO-MDI.

We have detected significant acoustic emission from a few M-class solar flares. Preliminary results of the survey of M-type solar flares studied so far is available at: http://aira.astro.ro/~deanna/M.html.


Key Words: Flares; sun quakes; helioseismic holography.

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