Catalog of Decaying Kink Oscillations of Coronal Loops in the 24th Solar Cycle

摘要

A catalog of kink oscillations of solar coronal loops, which spans during almost all of solar cycle 24, is presented. The catalog is based on the observations made in the extreme ultraviolet band at 171 angstrom with Solar Dynamics Observatory/Atmospheric Imaging Assembly and includes parameters of 223 oscillating loops in 96 oscillation events. The catalog provides the information about the oscillation locations, time, and dates of the events, associated flare, initial displacement, oscillation period, exponential damping time, and apparent amplitude. The vast majority of the oscillation detections, 84%, were made in the loops situated near or off the solar limb. The oscillation periods are found to range from 1 to 28 minutes, with 74% of the events that have the period in the range of 2-10 minutes. About 90% of the oscillations have the apparent amplitude in the range of 1-10 Mm. The oscillating loop lengths are 70-600 Mm. The typical apparent amplitude is about 1% of the loop length. The oscillation period scales linearly with the loop length, and the damping time scales linearly with the period, which confirm previous findings. The oscillation quality factor scales with the amplitude to the power of minus 0.7. No statistically significant evidence of correlation was found between both the oscillation period and the mean sunspot number, and the loop length and mean sunspot number. The catalog provides the research community with the foundation for the further statistical study of kink oscillations and their use for coronal seismology.