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Long-term variations of solar differential rotation and sunspot activity are investigated through re-analyzing the data on parameters of the differential rotation law obtained by Makarov, Tlatov, and Callebaut (1997), Javaraiah, Bertello,…

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Using data from the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) instrument on board the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO), we study the large-scale velocity fields in the outer part of the solar convection zone using the ring diagram technique.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Sarbani Basu , H. M. Antia

Using solar-cycle long helioseismic measurements of meridional and zonal flows in the near-surface shear layer (NSSL) of the Sun, we study their spatio-temporal variations and connections to active regions. We find that near-surface inflows…

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We investigate spatio-temporal evolution of high-degree acoustic mode frequencies of the Sun and the surface magnetic activity, over the course of multiple solar cycles, to improve our understanding of the connection between the solar…

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The frequencies of solar oscillations are known to change with solar activity. We use Principal Component Analysis to examine these changes with high precision. In addition to the well-documented changes in solar normal mode oscillations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Charles S. Baldner , Sarbani Basu

The dynamics of the solar radiative interior are still poorly constrained by comparison to the convective zone. This disparity is even more marked when we attempt to derive meaningful temporal variations. Many data sets contain a small…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Antonio Eff-Darwich , Sylain G. Korzennik

In the solar convection zone, rotation couples with intensely turbulent convection to build global-scale flows of differential rotation and meridional circulation. Our sun must have rotated more rapidly in its past, as is suggested by…

We have measured the meridional motions of the magnetic elements in the Sun's surface layers since 1996 and find systematic and substantial variations. In general the meridional flow speed is fast at cycle minima and slow at cycle maxima.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 David H. Hathaway , Lisa Upton

The daily sunspot numbers of the whole disk as well as the northern and southern hemispheres from January 1, 1945 to December 31, 2010 are used to investigate the temporal variation of the rotational cycle length through the continuous…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 J. -L. Xie , X. -J. Shi , J. -C. Xu

We have analyzed available full-disc data from the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) on board SoHO using the "ring diagram" technique to determine the behavior of solar meridional flows over solar cycle 23 in the outer 2% of the solar radius.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-19 Sarbani Basu , H. M. Antia

We examine the evolution of the zonal flow pattern in the upper solar convection zone during the current extended solar minimum, and compare it with that during the previous minimum. The results suggest that a configuration matching that at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-24 R. Howe , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard , F. Hill , R. Komm , J. Schou , M. J. Thompson

Rotation of the large scale solar magnetic field has a great importance for the understanding of solar dynamic, for the search of longitidinal structure and for the study of solar-terrestrial relations. 30-year long observations taken at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-08 E. A. Gavryuseva

The pattern of migrating zonal flow bands associated with the solar cycle, known as the torsional oscillation, has been monitored with continuous global helioseismic observations by the Global Oscillations Network Group, together with those…

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Using data from the Global Oscillations Network Group (GONG) that covers the period from 1995 to 1998 we study the change in frequencies of solar oscillations with solar activity. From these frequencies we attempt to determine any possible…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Sarbani Basu , H. M. Antia

Systematic studies of the rotation rate of sunspot groups using white-light images yield controversial results on the variations of the rotation rate: sunspot groups were found to either accelerate or decelerate systematically. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 Alexander S. Kutsenko , Valentina I. Abramenko , Daria V. Litvishko

The latitudinal distributions of the yearly mean rotation rates measured respectively by Suzuki in 1998 and 2012 and Pulkkinen $\&$ Tuominen in 1998 are utilized to investigate internal-cycle variation of solar differential rotation. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. J. Li , J. L. Xie , X. J. Shi

We present independent observations of the solar-cycle variation of flows near the solar surface and at a depth of about 60 Mm, in the latitude range $\pm45^\circ$. We show that the time-varying components of the meridional flow at these…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Gizon , M. Rempel

Solar magnetic activity follows regular cycles of about 11 years with an inversion of polarity in the poles every 22 years. This changing surface magnetism impacts the properties of the acoustic modes. The acoustic mode frequency shifts are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-27 Rafael A. Garcia , Sylvain N. Breton , David Salabert , Sushant C. Tripathy , Kiran Jain , Savita Mathur , Eva Panetier

Using the Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON) sunspot-group data for the period 1985-2010, the variations in the annual mean equatorial-rotation rates of the sunspot groups are determined and compared with the known variations in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-07-29 J. Javaraiah

Helioseismic observations have detected small temporal variations of the rotation rate below the solar surface corresponding to the so-called `torsional oscillations' known from Doppler measurements of the surface. These appear as bands of…