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Solar active regions (ARs) are thought to be formed by magnetic fields from the convection zone. Our flux emergence simulations revealed that a strong horizontal divergent flow (HDF) of unmagnetized plasma appears at the photosphere before…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Shin Toriumi , Keiji Hayashi , Takaaki Yokoyama

Using time-distance helioseismology applied to 14-years of SDO/HMI observations spanning solar cycle 24 and rising phase of cycle 25, we present evidence that meridional flows in the lower half of the near-surface shear layer (NSSL),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-21 Anisha Sen , S. P. Rajaguru , Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao , Shukur Kholikov

In a serie of three papers, the dynamical interplay between environments and dark matter haloes is investigated, while focussing on the dynamical flows through their virial sphere. Our method relies on both cosmological simulations, to…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Dominique Aubert , Christophe Pichon

Helioseismic observations have provided valuable datasets with which to pursue the detailed investigation of solar interior dynamics. Among various methods to analyse these data, normal-mode coupling has proven to be a powerful tool, used…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-20 Prasad Mani , Shravan Hanasoge

Here we use synthetic data to explore the performance of forward models and inverse methods for helioseismic holography. Specifically, this work presents the first comprehensive test of inverse modeling for flows using lateral-vantage…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 K. DeGrave , D. C. Braun , A. C. Birch , A. D. Crouch , B. Javornik

The goal of helioseismology is to provide accurate information about the Sun's interior from the observations of the wave field at its surface. In the last three decades, both global and local helioseismology studies have made significant…

A recent paper [CGT] studies the evolution of star-shaped mean convex hypersurfaces of the Euclidean space by a class of nonhomogeneous expanding curvature flows. In the present paper we consider the same problem in the real, complex and…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2020-10-08 Giuseppe Pipoli

In this paper, we report an interesting kinematic phenomenon around the halos' edge related to the splashback radius. After the shell-crossing, cosmic flow exhibits various rotational morphologies via stream-mixing. Vorticity is generated…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-07 Xiaolin Luo , Xiangling Xu , Xin Wang

Convection, differential rotation, and meridional circulation of solar plasma are studied based on helioseismic data covering the period from May 2010 to August 2024, significantly prolonged compared to that previously considered. Depth…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-22 A. V. Getling , A. G. Kosovichev

Meridional flows with velocities of a few meters per second are observed in the uppermost regions of the solar convection zone. The amplitude and pattern of the flows deeper in the solar interior, in particular near the top of the radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. Garaud , N. H. Brummell

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

Downflows with high velocities occur in the transition region above many sunspots; however, how these signatures evolve over short time-scales in both spatial and spectral terms is still unknown. In this article, we investigate the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-26 C. J. Nelson , S. Krishna Prasad , M. Mathioudakis

Recent models of variations of the Sun's structure with the 11-year activity cycle by Sofia et al (2005) predict strong non-homologous changes of the radius of subsurface layers, due to subsurface magnetic fields and field-modulated…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Lefebvre , A. G. Kosovichev , J. P. Rozelot

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

The inference of flows of material in the interior of the Sun is a subject of major interest in helioseismology. Here we apply techniques of Full Waveform Inversion (FWI) to synthetic data to test flow inversions. In this idealized setup,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Shravan M Hanasoge

Using Doppler velocity data from the SOI/MDI instrument onboard the SoHO spacecraft, we do time-distance helioseismic inversions for sound-speed perturbations beneath 16 sunspots observed in high-resolution mode. We clearly detect ring-like…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 S. Couvidat , S. P. Rajaguru

Context: Studying the motions on the solar surface is fundamental for understanding how turbulent convection transports energy and how magnetic fields are distributed across the solar surface. Aims: From horizontal velocity measurements all…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 Th. Roudier , M. Švanda , M. Rieutord , J. M. Malherbe , R. Burston , L. Gizon

Context. Observations of many active regions show a slow systematic outflow/upflow from their edges lasting from hours to days. At present no physical explanation has been proven, while several suggestions have been put forward. Aims. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-08-25 K. Galsgaard , M. S. Madjarska , K. Vanninathan , Z. Huang , M. Presmann

Low-m inertial modes have been recently discovered in the Sun's high-latitude regions. In this study, we characterize the observational properties of the m = 1 mode by analyzing time-distance subsurface flow maps. Synoptic flow maps,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-25 Boyang Ding , Junwei Zhao , Ruizhu Chen , Matthias Waidele , Sushant S. Mahajan , Oana Vesa

Oceanic waves registered by satellite observations often have curvilinear fronts and propagate over various currents. In this paper, we study long linear and weakly-nonlinear ring waves in a stratified fluid in the presence of a…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2016-04-12 K. R. Khusnutdinova , X. Zhang