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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

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 estimated photospheric velocities by separately applying the Fourier Local Correlation Tracking (FLCT) and Differential Affine Velocity Estimator (DAVE) methods to 2708 co-registered pairs of SOHO/MDI magnetograms, with nominal 96-minute…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 B. T. Welsch , Y. Li , P. W. Schuck , G. H. Fisher

Temporal variations of the subsurface meridional flow with the solar cycle have been reported by several authors. The measurements are typically averaged over periods of time during which surface magnetic activity existed in the regions…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-05 I. Gonzalez Hernandez , S. Kholikov , F. Hill , R. Howe , R. Komm

Helioseismic waves observable at the solar surface can be used to probe the properties of the Sun's interior. By measuring helioseismic travel times between different location on the surface, flows and other interior properties can be…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-03-24 Thomas Hartlep , Junwei Zhao

We derive horizontal fluid motions on the solar surface over large areas covering the quiet-Sun magnetic network from local correlation tracking of convective granules imaged in continuum intensity and Doppler velocity by the Helioseismic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-06-29 C. R. Sangeetha , S. P. Rajaguru

Solar subsurface zonal and meridional-flow profiles during the rising phase of solar cycle 24 are studied using time-distance helioseismology technique. The faster zonal bands in the torsional-oscillation pattern show strong hemispheric…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Junwei Zhao , A. G. Kosovichev , R. S. Bogart

Meridional circulation is a crucial component of the Sun's internal dynamics, but its inference in the deep interior is complicated by a systematic center-to-limb effect in helioseismic measurement techniques. Previously, an empirical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao

A hemispheric preference in the dominant sign of magnetic helicity has been observed in numerous features in the solar atmosphere: i.e., left-handed/right-handed helicity in the northern/southern hemisphere. The relative importance of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 Sung-Hong Park , K. D. Leka , Kanya Kusano

The presence of intense magnetic fields in and around sunspots is expected to modify the solar structure and oscillation frequencies. Applying the ring diagram technique to data from the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) on board the Solar and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 S. P. Rajaguru , Sarbani Basu , H. M. Antia

A set of 464-min high-resolution high-cadence observations were acquired for a region near the Sun's disk center using the Interferometric BI-dimensional Spectrometer (IBIS) installed at the Dunn Solar Telescope. Ten sets of Dopplergrams…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-24 Junwei Zhao , S. P. Rajaguru , Ruizhu Chen

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

A time-distance helioseismic technique, similar to the one used by Ilonidis et al (2011), is applied to two independent numerical models of subsurface sound-speed perturbations to determine the spatial resolution and accuracy of phase…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-02 John T. Stefan , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Andrey M. Stejko

Recent progress in realistic simulations of solar convection have given us an unprecedented opportunity to evaluate the robustness of solar interior structures and dynamics obtained by methods of local helioseismology. We present results of…

The motions of the plasma and structures in and below the solar photosphere is not well understood. The results obtained using various methods cannot be in general considered as consistent, especially in details. In this contribution we…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-09-30 M. Svanda , M. Klvana , M. Sobotka

As large--distance rays (say, 10\,-\,$24 ^\circ$) approach the solar surface approximately vertically, travel times measured from surface pairs for these large separations are mostly sensitive to vertical flows, at least for shallow flows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Thomas L. Duvall, , Shravan M. Hanasoge

While the {\it Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager} (HMI) onboard the {\it Solar Dynamics Observatory} (SDO) provides Doppler velocity [$V$], continuum intensity [$I_C$], and line-depth [$Ld$] observations, each of which is sensitive to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-24 Rachel Howe , Kiran Jain , Richard S. Bogart , Deborah A. Haber , Charles S. Baldner

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

Context. Tracing wave activity from the photosphere to the corona has important implications for coronal heating and prediction of the solar wind. Despite extensive theory and simulations, the detection of waves in realistic MHD simulations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-28 George Cherry , Boris Gudiksen , Adam J. Finley

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…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-01 R. Howe , F. Hill , R. Komm , W. J. Chaplin , Y. Elsworth , G. R. Davies , J. Schou , M. J. Thompson