Determination of the complex frequencies for the normal modes below 1mHz after the 2010 Maule and 2011 Tohoku earthquakes
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Based upon SG (superconducting gravimeter) records, the autoregressive method proposed by Chao and Gilbert [1980] is used to determine the frequencies of the singlets of seven spheroidal modes (0S2, 2S1, 0S3, 0S4, 1S2, 0S0, and 3S1) and the degenerate frequencies of three toroidal modes (0T2, 0T3, and 0T4) below 1 mHz after two recent huge earthquakes, the 2010 Mw8.8 Maule earthquake and the 2011 Mw9.1 Tohoku earthquake. The corresponding quality factor Qs are also determined for those modes, of which the Qs of the five singlets of 1S2 and the five singlets (m=0, m=±2, and m=±3) of 0S4 are estimated for the first time using the SG observations. The singlet m=0 of 3S1 is clearly observed from the power spectra of the SG time series without using other special spectral analysis methods or special time series from pole station records. In addition, the splitting width ratio R of 3S1 is 0.99, and consequently we conclude that 3S1 is normally split. The frequencies and Qs of the modes below 1mHz may contribute to refining the 3D density and attenuation models of the Earth.
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