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Additional Evidence Supporting a Model of Shallow, High-Speed Supergranulation

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-19 v1

Abstract

Recently, Duvall and Hanasoge ({\it Solar Phys.} {\bf 287}, 71-83, 2013) found that large distance [Δ][\Delta] separation travel-time differences from a center to an annulus [δtoi][\delta t_{\rm{oi}}] implied a model of the average supergranular cell that has a peak upflow of 240ms1240\rm{ms^{-1}} at a depth of 2.3Mm2.3\rm{Mm} and a corresponding peak outward horizontal flow of 700ms1700\rm{ms^{-1}} at a depth of 1.6Mm1.6\rm{Mm}. In the present work, this effect is further studied by measuring and modeling center-to-quadrant travel-time differences [δtqu][\delta t_{\rm{qu}}], which roughly agree with this model. Simulations are analyzed that show that such a model flow would lead to the expected travel-time differences. As a check for possible systematic errors, the center-to-annulus travel-time differences [δtoi][\delta t_{\rm{oi}}] are found not to vary with heliocentric angle. A consistency check finds an increase of δtoi\delta t_{\rm{oi}} with the temporal frequency [ν][\nu] by a factor of two, which is not predicted by the ray theory.

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@article{arxiv.1404.2533,
  title  = {Additional Evidence Supporting a Model of Shallow, High-Speed Supergranulation},
  author = {T. L. Duvall and S. M. Hanasoge and S. Chakraborty},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1404.2533},
  year   = {2015}
}
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