Abstract:
Using simultaneous high spatial (1.3 arcsec) and temporal (5 and 10 s) resolution Hα observations from the 15 cm Solar Tower Telescope at Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational
Sciences (ARIES), we study the oscillations in the relative intensity to explore the possibility
of sausage oscillations in the chromospheric cool post-flare loop. We use the standard wavelet
tool, and find the oscillation period of ≈587 s near the loop apex, and ≈349 s near the foot-
point. We suggest that the oscillations represent the fundamental and the first harmonics of
the fast-sausage waves in the cool post-flare loop. Based on the period ratio P₁ /P₂ ∼1.68, we
estimate the density scaleheight in the loop as ∼17 Mm. This value is much higher than the
equilibrium scaleheight corresponding to Hα temperature, which probably indicates that the
cool post-flare loop is not in hydrostatic equilibrium. Seismologically estimated Alfvén speed
outside the loop is ∼300–330 km s−¹ . The observation of multiple oscillations may play a
crucial role in understanding the dynamics of lower solar atmosphere, complementing such
oscillations already reported in the upper solar atmosphere (e.g. hot flaring loops).
