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The properties of five-minute temperature waves in the photosphere are investigated. The phase and amplitude relations of temperature and acoustic waves are deduced. It is expected that the five-minute oscillations represent a mixture of acoustic and temperature waves. The temperature waves are generated due to linear interaction with acoustic waves.
It is well known that concurrent with the acoustic waves, temperature or heat waves can appear in the case of nonadiabatic disturbances (Landau and Lifshitz, 1959). The temperature waves are dissipative damped waves. Propagation of nonadiabatic hydrodynamic waves in a stratified medium have been considered by Zhugzdha (1983). If stratification of heat exchange exists, a linear interaction of hydrodynamic and temperature waves arises. The temperature waves must be present in the solar atmosphere.
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Zhugzdha, Y.D. Temperature waves in the solar atmosphere. Sol Phys 124, 205–209 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00156265
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