Changes in the subsurface stratification of the Sun with the 11-year activity cycle
Astrophysics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We report on the changes of the Sun's subsurface stratification inferred from helioseismology data. Using SOHO/MDI (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager) data for the last 9 years and, more precisely, the temporal variation of f-mode frequencies, we have computed the variation of the radius of subsurface layers of the Sun by applying helioseismic inversions. We have found a variability of the ``helioseismic'' radius in antiphase with the solar activity, with the strongest variations of the stratification being just below the surface around 0.995. Besides, the radius of the deeper layers of the Sun, between 0.975 and 0.99 changes in phase with the 11-year cycle.
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@article{arxiv.astro-ph/0510111,
title = {Changes in the subsurface stratification of the Sun with the 11-year activity cycle},
author = {Sandrine Lefebvre and Alexander Kosovichev},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:astro-ph/0510111},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
14 pages, 7 figures, accepted in ApJL