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Subsurface flows associated with rotating sunspots

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-05-28 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we compare components of the horizontal flow below the solar surface in and around regions consisting of rotating and non-rotating sunspots. Our analysis suggests that there is a significant variation in both components of the horizontal flow at the beginning of sunspot rotation as compared to the non-rotating sunspot. In most cases, the flows in surrounding areas are relatively small. However, there is a significant influence of the motion on flows in an area closest to the sunspot rotation.

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@article{arxiv.1107.5032,
  title  = {Subsurface flows associated with rotating sunspots},
  author = {Kiran Jain and Rudolf Komm and Irene Gonzalez Hernandez and Sushant C. Tripathy and Frank Hill},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1107.5032},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

4 pages including 3 figures; Proceedings of IAU Symposium 273 "Physics of Sun and Star Spots" Eds. D.P. Choudhary and K.G. Strassmeier

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