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An explanation is presented for the rather strong total surface differential rotation of the observed very young solar-type stars like AB Dor and PZ Tel. Due to its rapid rotation a nonuniform energy flux leaves the stellar core so that the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 G. Rüdiger , M. Küker

We report on a new method for tracking the phases of the orbital modulations in very short-period, near-contact, and contact binary systems systems in order to follow starspots. We apply this technique to Kepler light curves for 414 binary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Bhaskaran Balaji , Bryce Croll , Alan M. Levine , Saul Rappaport

Spectral signatures of surface spots were recently discovered from high cadence observations of the A star Vega. We aim at constraining the surface distribution of these photospheric inhomogeneities, and investigating a possible short term…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 P. Petit , E. M. Hébrard , T. Böhm , C. P. Folsom , F. Lignières

The outer surface layers of the sun show a clear deceleration at low latitudes. This is generally thought to be the result of a strong dominance of vertical turbulent motions associated with strong downdrafts. This strong negative radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Axel Brandenburg

In this paper, we investigate the inhomogeneous spatial distribution of solar faculae. The focus is on the latitudinal and longitudinal distributions of these highly localised features covering ubiquitously the solar surface. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-22 A. Elek , N. Gyenge , M B. Korsós , R. Erdélyi

The convective motions of solar granules generate a center-to-limb variation of Doppler velocity in the photospheric lines, known as the limb shift effect. This study presents a comprehensive analysis of this effect for the Fe I 6569 {\AA}…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-05 H. C. Yu , M. D. Ding , J. Hong , Y. K. Wang , Z. Li

The present study reports the discovery of Sun-like stars, namely main-sequence stars with $T_{\rm eff}$, $\log g$ and rotation periods $P_{rot}$ similar to solar values, presenting evidence of surface differential rotation. An…

Helioseismic inversions, carried out for several years on various ground-based and spatial observations, have shown that the solar rotation rate presents two principal regimes: a quasi-rigid rotation in the radiative interior and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 T. Corbard , G. Berthomieu , J. Provost , P. Morel

The rotation of sunspots of 2 yr in two different solar cycles is studied with the data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the \it Solar Dynamics Observatory \rm and the Michelson Doppler Imager instrument on board the \it…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-29 Jianchuan Zheng , Zhiliang Yang , Kaiming Guo , Haimin Wang , Shuo Wang

The sunspot position from Greenwich Photoheliographic Results (GPR), US Air Force Solar Optical Observing Network and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (USAF/NOAA), and Debrecen Photoheliographic Data (DPD) data bases in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-12-20 Domagoj Ruždjak , Roman Brajša , Davor Sudar , Ivica Skokić , Ivana Poljančić Beljan

We present novel spectropolarimetric observations of the hydrogen H$\alpha$ line taken with the Z\"urich Imaging Polarimeter (ZIMPOL) at the Gregory Coud\'e Telescope of the Istituto Ricerche Solari Locarno (IRSOL). The linear polarization…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-30 J. Jaume Bestard , J. Trujillo Bueno , M. Bianda , J. Štěpán , R. Ramelli

Lithium abundance A(Li) and surface rotation are good diagnostic tools to probe the internal mixing and angular momentum transfer in stars. We explore the relation between surface rotation, A(Li) and age in a sample of seismic…

Data for 3046 solar active regions (ARs) observed since May 12, 1996 to December 27, 2021 were utilized to explore how the magnetic fluxes from ARs of different complexity follow the solar cycle. Magnetograms from the Michelson Doppler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-15 Valentina I. Abramenko , Regina A. Suleymanova , Anastasija V. Zhukova

In previous work we identified six Sun-like stars observed by Kepler with exceptionally clear asteroseismic signatures of rotation. Here, we show that five of these stars exhibit surface variability suitable for measuring rotation. In order…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-10-07 M. B. Nielsen , H. Schunker , L. Gizon , W. H. Ball

We examine spectropolarimetric data from the CoMP instrument, acquired during the evolution of the September 10th 2017 X8.2 solar flare on the western solar limb. CoMP captured linearly polarized light from two emission lines of Fe XIII at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-25 Ryan J. French , Philip G. Judge , Sarah A. Matthews , Lidia van Driel-Gesztelyi

A study on the intermediate polar EX Hya is presented, based on simultaneous photometry and high dispersion spectroscopic observations, during four consecutive nights. The strong photometric modulation related to with the 67-min spin period…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-27 J. Echevarría , A. Ramírez-Torres , R. Michel , J. V. Hernández Santisteban

The Extreme-ultraviolet Variability Experiment (EVE) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) detects the solar EUV spectra with high temporal cadence and spectral resolution. The wavelength shifts of emission lines provide key…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-04-21 Zhixun Cheng , Yuming Wang , Rui Liu

Using magnetic field maps acquired by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory we measured rotation rates of 864 active and 322 ephemeral regions observed between 2010 and 2016. We found smaller magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Alexander S. Kutsenko

We present synthetic spectra corresponding to a 2.5D magnetohydrodynamical simulation of a rotating prominence in the Ca II 8542 \r{A}, H$\alpha$, Ca II K, Mg II k, Ly $\alpha$, and Ly $\beta$ lines. The prominence rotation resulted from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-10-07 A. G. M. Pietrow , V. Liakh , C. M. J. Osborne , J. Jenkins , R. Keppens

Context. Studying the spots of late-type stars is crucial for distinguishing between the various proposed dynamo mechanisms believed to be the main cause of starspot activity. For this research it is important to collect observation time…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-06-10 Thomas Hackman , Iya Ilyin , Jyri J. Lehtinen , Oleg Kochukhov , Maarit J. Käpylä , Nikolai Piskunov , Teemu Willamo