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The tilt angle, current helicity and twist of solar magnetic fields can be observed in solar active regions. We carried out estimates of these parameters by two ways. Firstly, we consider the model of turbulent convective cells…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-10 K. Kuzanyan , N. Kleeorin , I. Rogachevskii , D. Sokoloff , H. Zhang

Supergranules create a peak in the spatial spectrum of photospheric velocity features. They have some properties of convection cells but their origin is still being debated in the literature. The time-distance helioseismology constitutes a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-24 David Korda , Michal Švanda

An essential ingredient in kinematic dynamo models is the velocity field within the solar convection zone. In particular, the differential rotation is now well constrained by helioseismic observations. Helioseismology also gives us…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-30 Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo , Dibyendu Nandy , Petrus C. H. Martens

Understanding the magnetic fields of the Sun is essential for unraveling the underlying mechanisms driving solar activity. Integrating topological data analysis techniques into these investigations can provide valuable insights into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-31 Pablo Santamarina Guerrero , Yukio Katsukawa , Shin Toriumi , David Orozco Suárez

The convectively driven, weakly magnetized regions of the solar photosphere dominate the Sun's surface at any given time, but the temporal variations of these quiet regions of the photosphere throughout the solar cycle are still not well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-05 James Crowley , Ivan Milic , Gianna Cauzzi , Kevin Reardon

We compare horizontal velocities, vertical magnetic fields and evolution of trees of fragmenting granules (TFG, also named families of granules) derived in the quiet Sun at disk center from observations at solar minimum and maximum of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-11 J. M. Malherbe , T. Roudier , R. Stein , Z. Frank

Recent analyses of helioseismological observations seem to suggest the presence of two new phenomena connected with the dynamics of the solar convective zone. Firstly, there are present torsional oscillations with periods of about 11 years,…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Eurico Covas , Reza Tavakol , David Moss

Magnetic helicity is a key geometrical parameter to describe the structure and evolution of solar coronal magnetic fields. The accumulation of magnetic helicity is correlated with the non-potential magnetic field energy, which is released…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Shangbin Yang , Suo Liu , Jiangtao Su , Yuanyong Deng

The Helioseismic Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) records line-of-sight Dopplergram images of convective flows on the surface. These images are used to obtain the multi-scale convective spectrum. We design…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-09 Samarth G Kashyap , Shravan M Hanasoge

Context. Local correlation tracking of granulation (LCT) is an important method for measuring horizontal flows in the photosphere. This method exhibits a systematic error that looks like a flow converging towards disk center, also known as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-01 B. Löptien , A. C. Birch , T. L. Duvall , L. Gizon , J. Schou

A study of 50 supergranular cells obtained from SOHO Dopplergrams was undertaken in order to investigate the relationship between the lifetime ($T$) and the horizontal flow velocity ($v_h$) of the cells. For this sample we find that the two…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 U. Paniveni , V. Krishan , Jagdev Singh , R. Srikanth

We perform an analysis of the line-of-sight (LOS) observables of the SDO/HMI for models of the solar atmosphere heated by precipitating high-energy electrons during solar flares. The radiative hydrodynamic (RADYN) flare models are obtained…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-15 Viacheslav M Sadykov , Alexander G Kosovichev , Irina N Kitiashvili , Graham S Kerr

The Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (SO/PHI) onboard Solar Orbiter is a spectropolarimeter scanning the Fe I line at 617.3 nm, providing data of the solar photosphere. The same line is sampled by the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager…

To explore the magnetic flux dispersion in the undisturbed solar photosphere, magnetograms acquired by Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamic Observatory (SDO) were utilized. Two areas, a coronal hole area (CH) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-07 Valentina Abramenko

The large-scale convection in the Sun known as supergranulation is manifested as a network structure on the solar surface. The network cells have an average lifetime of 24 hr, a size of about 30 Mm, and a lane width of about 6 Mm. We have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-15 K P Raju

The meridional circulation at high latitudes is crucial to the build-up and reversal of the Sun's polar magnetic fields. Here we characterize the axisymmetric flows by applying a magnetic feature cross-correlation procedure to high…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-26 Lisa Rightmire-Upton , David H. Hathaway , Katie Kosak

We study horizontal supergranule-scale motions revealed by TRACE observation of the chromospheric emission, and investigate the coupling between the chromosphere and the underlying photosphere. A highly efficient feature-tracking technique…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-25 H. Tian , H. E. Potts , E. Marsch , R. Attie , J. -S. He

Observations of the solar surface reveal the presence of flows with length scales of around $35$ Mm, commonly referred to as supergranules. Inferring the sub-surface flow profile of supergranules from measurements of the surface and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-03 Jishnu Bhattacharya , Shravan M. Hanasoge

The results of determinations of the azimuthal and meridional velocities by time-distance helioseismology from Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) from May 2010 to September 2020 at latitudes from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-26 Alexander V. Getling , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Junwei Zhao

Meridional flow is thought to play a very important role in the dynamics of the solar convection zone; however, because of its relatively small amplitude, precisely measuring it poses a significant challenge. Here we present a complete…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-02 J. Jackiewicz , A. Serebryanskiy , S. Kholikov
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