EIGENFREQUENCIES AND OPTIMAL DRIVING FREQUENCIES OF 1D NONUNIFORM MAGNETIC-FLUX TUBES

The eigenfrequencies and the optimal driving frequencies for flux tube s embedded in uniform but wave-carrying surroundings are calculated, b ased on matching conditions formulated in terms of the normal acoustic impedances at the Bur tube boundary. The requirement of the equality of the normal acoustic impedance of the transmitted wave field with th e normal acoustic impedance of the outgoing wave field selects the eig enmodes, while the equality of the ingoing and the transmitted normal acoustic impedance selects the optimal driving frequencies (Keppens 19 96). Even if the flux tube is uniform, the eigenfrequencies can be com plex due to leakage of wave energy into the surroundings. The case of uniform flux tubes has been considered previously (e.g. Cally 1986), a nd serves as a testcase of our formalism. We extend Cally's results by taking a radial stratification of the flux tube into account. The non -uniformity of the flux tube can introduce another cause for energy lo ss, namely resonant absorption internal to the flux tube. When resonan t absorption occurs. we must incorporate the appropriate jump conditio ns over the dissipative layer(s). This can be done using a simple nume rical scheme as introduced by Stenuit et al. (1995).