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- Title
Physical Properties of Umbral Dots Observed in Sunspots: A <italic>Hinode</italic> Observation.
- Authors
Yadav, Rahul; Mathew, Shibu K.
- Abstract
Umbral dots (UDs) are small-scale bright features observed in the umbral part of sunspots and pores. It is well established that they are manifestations of magnetoconvection phenomena inside umbrae. We study the physical properties of UDs in different sunspots and their dependence on decay rate and filling factor. We have selected high-resolution, G-band continuum filtergrams of seven sunspots from <italic>Hinode</italic> to study their physical properties. We have also used <italic>Michelson Doppler Imager</italic> (MDI) continuum images to estimate the decay rate of selected sunspots. An identification and tracking algorithm was developed to identify the UDs in time sequences. The statistical analysis of UDs exhibits an averaged maximum intensity and effective diameter of 0.26 IQS<inline-graphic></inline-graphic> and 270 km. Furthermore, the lifetime, horizontal speed, trajectory length, and displacement length (birth-death distance) of UDs are 8.19 minutes, 0.5 km s−1, 284 km, and 155 km, respectively. We also find a positive correlation between intensity-diameter, intensity-lifetime, and diameter-lifetime of UDs. However, UD properties do not show any significant relation with the decay rate or filling factor.
- Subjects
SUNSPOTS; MAGNETIC fields; DECAY rates (Radioactivity); TRACKING algorithms; MAGNETO-absorption; CONVECTION (Astrophysics)
- Publication
Solar Physics, 2018, Vol 293, Issue 4, p1
- ISSN
0038-0938
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11207-018-1272-y