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The precise shape of the Sun is sensitive to the influence of gravity, differential rotation, local turbulence and magnetic fields. It has been previously shown that the solar shape exhibits asphericity that evolves with the 11-year cycle.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 A. G. Kosovichev , J. -P. Rozelot

Helioseismic signatures of dynamo waves have recently been discovered in variations of the solar differential rotation, offering valuable insights into the type of dynamo mechanism operating in the solar convection zone. To characterize…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-19 Krishnendu Mandal , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Valery V. Pipin , Sylvain G. Korzennik

Helioseismology has revealed an increase in the rotation rate with depth in a thin ($\sim$30 Mm) near-surface layer. The normalized rotational shear in this layer is independent of latitude. This rotational state is shown to be a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-02-13 Leonid Kitchatinov

AIM: To study the variation of the angular momentum and the rotational kinetic energy of the Sun, and associated variations in the gravitational multipole moments, on a timescale of the solar cycle. METHOD: Inverting helioseismic rotational…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 H. M. Antia , S. M. Chitre , D. O. Gough

Long-term modulation of solar differential rotation was studied with data from Mt. Wilson and our original observations during Solar Cycles 16 through 23. The results are: i) The global B-value (i.e. latitudinal gradient of differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-07-23 Miyoshi Suzuki

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

Solar-cycle related variation of differential rotation is investigated through analyzing the rotation rates of magnetic fields, distributed along latitudes and varying with time at the time interval of August 1976 to April 2008. More…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 K. J. Li , X. J. Shi , J. L. Xie , P. X. Gao , H. F. Liang , L. S. Zhan , W. Feng

In the solar convection zone, rotation couples with intensely turbulent convection to drive a strong differential rotation and achieve complex magnetic dynamo action. Our sun must have rotated more rapidly in its past, as is suggested by…

We have examined how the characteristics of the tachocline -- i.e., the change in rotation rate $\delta\Omega$, or the "jump", the position of the midpoint of the tachocline, $r_d$, and the width of the tachocline, $w_d$, -- change as a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-04 Sarbani Basu , Sylvain G. Korzennik , Sushanta C. Tripathy

The present study is an attempt to investigate the long term variations in coronal rotation by analyzing the time series of the solar radio emission data at 2.8 GHz frequency for the period 1947 - 2009. Here, daily adjusted radio flux…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Satish Chandra , Hari Om Vats

The solar activity in the current, that is, the 24-th, sunspot cycle is analyzed. Cyclic variations in the sunspot number (SSN) and radiation fluxes in various spectral ranges have been estimated in comparison with the general level of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-01 E. A. Bruevich , V. V. Bruevich , G. V. Yakunina

We present evidence of hitherto undiscovered global-scale oscillations in the near-surface shear layer of the Sun. These oscillations are seen as large scale variations of radial shear in both the zonal and meridional flows relative to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Richard S. Bogart , Charles S. Baldner , Sarbani Basu , Rachel Howe , Maria Cristina Rabello Soares

Helioseismic data for solar cycles 23 and 24 have shown unequivocally that solar dynamics changes with solar activity. Changes in solar structure have been more difficult to detect. Basu & Mandel (2004) had claimed that the then available…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-11 Courtney B. Watson , Sarbani Basu

Temporal variations of the structure and the rotation rate of the solar tachocline region are studied using helioseismic data from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) and the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) obtained during the period…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 Sarbani Basu , H. M. Antia

The aim of this paper is to extend our previous study of the solar-cycle variations of the meridional flows and to investigate their latitudinal and longitudinal structure in the subphotospheric layer, especially their variations in…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Michal Svanda , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Junwei Zhao

Over 54 years of hourly mean value of solar wind velocity from 27 Nov. 1963 to 31 Dec. 2017 are used to investigate characteristics of the rotation period of solar wind through auto-correlation analysis. Solar wind of high velocity is found…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 Kejun Li , W. Feng

The solar cycle onset at mid-latitudes, the slow down of the sunspot drift toward the equator, the tail-like attachment and the overlap of successive cycles at the time of activity minimum are delicate issues in $\alpha\Omega$ dynamo wave…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-07 R. Simoniello , S. C. Tripathy , K. Jain , F. Hill

The solar tachocline, located at the interface between the latitude-dependent rotation of the convection zone and the rigid radiative interior, presents high gradients of angular velocity which are of particular interest for the models of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2013-08-01 T. Corbard , S. J. Jiménez-Reyes , S. Tomczyk , M. Dikpati , P. Gilman

Rotation is a significant characteristic of the Sun and other stars, and it plays an important role in understanding their dynamo actions and magnetic activities. In this study, the rotation of the solar chromospheric activity is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-10-22 Jing-Chen Xu , Peng-Xin Gao , Xiang-Jun Shi

We investigate periodicities in mean heliographic latitudes of sunspot groups, called active latitudes, for the last six complete solar cycles (1945-2008). For this purpose, the Multi Taper Method and Morlet Wavelet analysis methods were…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-06 A. Kilcik , V. Yurchyshyn , F. Clette , A. Ozguc , J. -P. Rozelot