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On the Sun, the rotation periods of individual sunspots not only trace the latitude dependence of the surface rotation rate, but also provide clues as to the amount of subsurface fluid shear. In this paper we present the first measurements…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 A. Collier Cameron , J. -F. Donati , M. Semel

The study of the differential rotation in the chromosphere of the Sun is of significant importance as it provides valuable insights into the rotational behaviour of the solar atmosphere at higher altitudes and the coupling mechanism between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Dibya Kirti Mishra , Srinjana Routh , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Subhamoy Chatterjee , Dipankar Banerjee

For solar activity cycles 20 and 21 (1966-1985) the solar differential rotation has been investigated using H{\alpha} filaments and relatively small-scale long-lived magnetic features with negative and positive polarities. We used annual…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 M. Sh. Gigolashvili , D. R. Japaridze , V. J. Kukhianidze

On the AGB, low to intermediate mass stars blow away their outer envelopes, forming planetary nebulae. Interaction between the planetary nebula and its central progenitor is poorly understood and even more complex when the central object is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-04-17 Zs. Kővári , K. G. Strassmeier , K. Oláh , L. Kriskovics , K. Vida , T. A. Carroll , T. Granzer , I. Ilyin , J. Jurcsik , E. Kővári , M. Weber

Context. The relation between solar surface rotation and sunspot activity still remains open. Sunspot activity has dramatically reduced in solar cycle 24 and several solar activity indices and flux measurements experienced unprecedentedly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-02-18 L. Zhang , K. Mursula , I. Usoskin

Recently Gizon, Duvall and Schou (2002) suggested that supergranulation has a wave-like component. In this paper I show that the same phenomenon can be observed using surface Doppler shift data, thereby confirming their observations. I am…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Schou

The spectroscopic variability of Arcturus hints at cyclic activity cycle and differential rotation. This could provide a test of current theoretical models of solar and stellar dynamos. To examine the applicability of current models of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Manfred Küker , Günther Rüdiger

In this work, we use different methods to extract the surface rotation rate of Kepler targets showing solar-like oscillations.

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-28 T. Ceillier , R. A. Garcia , D. Salabert , S. Mathur

Although the differential rotation rate on the solar surface has long been studied using optical and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) observations, associating these measurements to specific atmospheric heights remains challenging due to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-04 Srinjana Routh , Anshu Kumari , Vaibhav Pant , Jaydeep Kandekar , Dipankar Banerjee , Mohd. Saleem Khan , Dibya Kirti Mishra

Context: Stars with about 1$-$2 solar masses at the red giant branch (RGB) represent an intriguing period of stellar evolution, i.e. when the convective envelope interacts with the fast-rotating core. During these mixing episodes freshly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Zs. Kővári , K. G. Strassmeier , T. A. Carroll , K. Oláh , L. Kriskovics , E. Kővári , O. Kovács , K. Vida , T. Granzer , M. Weber

Using 2D models of rotating stars, the interferometric measurements of alpha Eri and its fundamental parameters corrected for gravitational darkening effects we infer that the star might have a core rotating 2.7 times faster than the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 J. Zorec , Y. Frémat , A. Domiciano De Souza

Using the wealth of ~24 yr multiband data, we present an in-depth study of the star-spot cycles, surface differential rotations (SDR), optical flares, evolution of star-spot distributions, and coronal activities on the surface of young,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-24 Subhajeet Karmakar , J. C. Pandey , I. S. Savanov , G. Taş , S. B. Pandey , K. Misra , S. Joshi , E. S. Dmitrienko , T. Sakamoto , N. Gehrels , T. Okajima

We present surface spot maps of the K2V primary star in the pre-cataclysmic variable binary system, V471 Tau. The spot maps show the presence of large high latitude spots located at the sub-white dwarf longitude region. By tracking the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. A. J. Hussain , C. Allende Prieto , S. H. Saar , M. D. Still

In the present work, we perform time-series analysis on the latitude bins of the solar full disk (SFD) images of Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH) at 17 GHz. The flux modulation method traces the passage of radio features over the solar disc…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Satish Chandra , Hari Om Vats , K. N. Iyer

Understanding the global rotational profile of the solar atmosphere and its variation is fundamental to uncovering a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the solar magnetic field and the extent of coupling between different layers…

Asynchronous rotation in binary stars produces non-radial oscillations that are known to cause observable variability on orbital timescales. The horizontal perturbations of the surface velocity fields are referred to as "tidal flows". In…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-03-09 Gloria Koenigsberger , Edmundo Moreno , David Harrington

We report new, extremely precise, photopolarimetry of the rapidly-rotating A0 main-sequence star $\zeta$ Aql, covering the wavelength range $\sim$400--900nm, which reveals a rotationally-induced signal. We model the polarimetry, together…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-31 Ian D. Howarth , Jeremy Bailey , Daniel V. Cotton , Lucyna Kedziora-Chudczer

Context. We compare solar differential rotation of subphotospheric layers derived from local helioseismology analysis of GONG++ dopplergrams and the one derived from tracing small bright coronal structures (SBCS) using EIT/SOHO images for…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Amel Zaatri , Hubertus Woehl , Markus Roth , Thierry Corbard , Roman Brajsa

We measure differential rotation and meridional flow in the Sun's surface shear layer by tracking the motions of the magnetic network seen in magnetograms from SOHO/MDI and SDO/HMI over solar cycles 23, 24, and the start of 25 (1996-2022).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-22 David H. Hathaway , Lisa A. Upton , Sushant S. Mahajan

Recently, we have developed a method useful for mapping large-scale horizontal velocity fields in the solar photosphere. The method was developed, tuned and calibrated using the synthetic data. Now, we applied the method to the series of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michal Svanda , Mirek Klvana , Michal Sobotka , Vaclav Bumba