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Solar active regions show a wide variety of oscillatory phenomena. The presence of the magnetic field leads to the appearance of several wave modes, whose behavior is determined by the sunspot thermal and magnetic structure. We aim to study…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-09 T. Felipe , C. Kuckein , E. Khomenko , I. Thaler

Context: Helioseismology aims to infer the properties of the solar interior by analyzing observations of acoustic oscillations. The interpretation of the helioseismic data is however complicated by the non-trivial relationship between…

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Ground-based synoptic solar observations provide critical contextual data used to model the large-scale state of the heliosphere. The next decade will see a combination of ground-based telescopes and space missions that will study our Sun's…

The meridional flow in the Sun is an axisymmetric flow that is generally poleward directed at the surface, and is presumed to be of fundamental importance in the generation and transport of magnetic fields. Its true shape and strength,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Thomas Hartlep , Junwei Zhao , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Nagi N. Mansour

Sunspot fine structure has been modeled in the past by a combination of idealized magneto-convection simulations and simplified models that prescribe the magnetic field and flow structure to a large degree. Advancement in numerical methods…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Matthias Rempel

Solar pores are active regions with large magnetic field strengths and apparent simple magnetic configurations. Their properties resemble the ones found for the sunspot umbra although pores do not show penumbra. Therefore, solar pores…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-15 C. Quintero Noda , T. Shimizu , B. Ruiz Cobo , Y. Suematsu , Y. Katsukawa , K. Ichimoto

The solar tachocline at the bottom of the convection zone is an important region for the dynamics of the Sun and the solar dynamo. In this region, the sound speed inferred by global helioseismology exhibits a bump of approximately 0.4%…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-28 Junwei Zhao , Thomas Hartlep , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour

Using SDO/HMI and SDO/AIA data for sunspot groups of the 24th solar cycle, we analyzed magnetic properties and He II 304 emission in leading and following sunspots separately. Simultaneous examination of umbral magnetic properties and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-24 Iu. S. Zagainova , V. G. Fainshtein , V. N. Obridko

A sunspot is an ideal waveguide for a variety of magnetohydrodynamic waves, which carry a significant amount of energy to the upper atmosphere and could be used as a tool to probe magnetic and thermal structure of a sunspot. In this study,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Song Feng , Zheng Deng , Ding Yuan , Zhi Xu , Xiao Yang

Sunspots survive on the solar surface for time-scales ranging from days to months. This requires them to be in an equilibrium involving magnetic fields and hydrodynamic forces. Unfortunately, theoretical models of sunspot equilibrium are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-09 J. M. Borrero , A. Pastor Yabar , M. Schmassmann , M. Rempel , M. van Noort , M. Collados

Comprehending the manner in which magnetic fields affect propagating waves is a first step toward constructing accurate helioseismic models of active region sub-surface structure and dynamics. Here, we present a numerical method to compute…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Shravan M. Hanasoge

Context. In a recent statistical study of sunspots in 79 active regions, the vertical magnetic field component $B_\text{ver}$ averaged along the umbral boundary is found to be independent of sunspot size. The authors of that study conclude…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-06 Markus Schmassmann , Rolf Schlichenmaier , Nazaret Bello González

Heliographic coordinates are used to identify the positions of solar features, especially the sunspot groups on the Sun's surface. Tracking the positions of sunspot groups provides information about solar rotation and the movement behavior…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 H. Cakmak

We use helioseismic holography to study the association of shallow flows with solar flare activity in about 250 large sunspot groups observed between 2010 and 2014 with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager on the Solar Dynamics Observatory.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-16 D. C. Braun

The great success of Helioseismology resides in the remarkable progress achieved in the understanding of the structure and dynamics of the solar interior. This success mainly relies on the ability to conceive, implement, and operate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-05 P. L. Palle , T. Appourchaux , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard , R. A. Garcia

We derive formulae connecting the frequency variations in the spectrum of solar oscillations to the dynamical quantities that are expected to change over the solar activity cycle. This is done for both centroids and the asymmetric part of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. A. Dziembowski , P. R. Goode

Local helioseismology provides a unique opportunity to investigate the subsurface structure and dynamics of active regions and their effect on the large-scale flows and global circulation of the Sun. We use measurements of plasma flows in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-19 Alexander G. Kosovichev , Junwei Zhao , Stathis Ilonidis

Context. Far-side helioseismology is a technique used to infer the presence of active regions in the far hemisphere of the Sun based on the interpretation of oscillations measured in the near hemisphere. A neural network has been recently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 E. G. Broock , T. Felipe , A. Asensio Ramos

The aim of this study is to simulate the interaction of the solar wind with the Hermean magnetosphere when the interplanetary magnetic field is weak, performing a parametric study for all the range of hydrodynamic values of the solar wind…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-15 J. Varela , F. Pantellini , M. Moncuquet

Accurate modeling of the Sun's coronal magnetic field and solar wind structures require inputs of the solar global magnetic field, including both the near and far sides, but the Sun's far-side magnetic field cannot be directly observed.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-04 Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao , Shea Hess Webber , Yang Liu , J. Todd Hoeksema , Marc L. Derosa