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Using solar-cycle long helioseismic measurements of meridional and zonal flows in the near-surface shear layer (NSSL) of the Sun, we study their spatio-temporal variations and connections to active regions. We find that near-surface inflows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-12-16 Anisha Sen , S. P. Rajaguru , Abhinav Govindan Iyer , Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao , Shukur Kholikov

Far-side images of solar active regions have become one of the routine products of helioseismic observations, and are of importance for space weather forecasting by allowing the detection of sunspot regions before they become visible on the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Thomas Hartlep , Junwei Zhao , Nagi N. Mansour , Alexander G. Kosovichev

Here we present a detailed analysis of solar acoustic mode frequencies and their rotational splittings for modes with degree up to 900. They were obtained by applying spherical harmonic decomposition to full-disk solar images observed by…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-08-22 M. C. Rabello-Soares , S. G. Korzennik , J. Schou

Solar models computed with mass loss, microscopic diffusion of helium and heavy elements and with updated physics have been evolved from the pre-main sequence to present days; they are compared to the observational constraints including…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 P. Morel , J. Provos , G. Berthomieu

Computational heliophysics has shed light on the fundamental physical processes inside the Sun, such as the differential rotation, meridional circulation, and dynamo-generation of magnetic fields. However, despite the substantial advances,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 A. G. Kosovichev , G. Guerrero , A. M. Stejko , V. V. Pipin , A. V. Getling

Helioseismology provides important constraints for the solar dynamo problem. However, the basic properties and even the depth of the dynamo process, which operates also in other stars, are unknown. Most of the dynamo models suggest that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-11 Alexander G. Kosovichev , Valery V. Pipin , Junwei Zhao

The Sun's internal structure and dynamics can be studied with helioseismology, which uses the Sun's natural acoustic oscillations to build up a profile of the solar interior. We discuss how solar acoustic oscillations are affected by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-26 A. -M. Broomhall , P. Chatterjee , R. Howe , A. A. Norton , M. J. Thompson

(abridged) Context: Solar-like differential rotation is characterized by a rapidly rotating equator and slower poles. However, theoretical models and numerical simulations can result in a slower equator and faster poles when the rotation is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-17 P. J. Käpylä , M. J. Käpylä , A. Brandenburg

The objective of this study is to develop a fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic solver for fast simulations of the global dynamo of the Sun using unstructured grids and GPUs. Accurate modeling of the Sun's convective layers is vital to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Aidan Paoli , Chunlei Liang

The Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO/HMI) provides continuous full-disk observations of solar oscillations. We develop a data-analysis pipeline based on the time-distance helioseismology method to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 J. Zhao , S. Couvidat , R. S. Bogart , K. V. Parchevsky , A. C. Birch , T. L. Duvall , J. G. Beck , A. G. Kosovichev , P. H. Scherrer

Prediction of solar activity cycles is challenging because physical processes inside the Sun involve a broad range of multiscale dynamics that no model can reproduce and because the available observations are highly limited and cover mostly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-30 Irina N. Kitiashvili

Linear time-distance helioseismic inversions are carried out using several filtering schemes to determine vector flow velocities within two $\sim100^2\,{\rm Mm^2}\times 20\,{\rm Mm}$ realistic magnetohydrodynamic sunspot simulations of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-22 K. DeGrave , J. Jackiewicz , M. Rempel

Helioseismology has taught us a great deal about the stratification and kinematics of the solar interior, sufficient for us to embark upon dynamical studies more detailed than have been possible before. The most sophisticated studies to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-02 D. O. Gough

The goal of this research is to investigate how well various turbulence models can describe physical properties of the upper convective boundary layer of the Sun. An accurate modeling of the turbulence motions is necessary for understanding…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 L. Jacoutot , A. G. Kosovichev , A. Wray , N. N. Mansour

This first paper in a series describes the design of a study testing whether pre-appearance signatures of solar magnetic active regions were detectable using various tools of local helioseismology. The ultimate goal is to understand…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-03-07 K. D. Leka , G. Barnes , A. C. Birch , I. Gonzalez-Hernandez , T. Dunn , B. Javornik , D. C. Braun

Helioseismology is one of the most successful fields of astrophysics. The observation and characterization of solar oscillation has allowed solar seismologists to study the internal structure and dynamics of the Sun with unprecedented…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-05 G. Buldgen

The dynamics of the solar core cannot be properly constrained through the analysis of acoustic oscillation modes. Gravity modes are necessary to understand the structure and dynamics of the deepest layers of the Sun. Through recent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Mathur , A. Eff-Darwich , R. A. García , S. Turck-Chièze

Helioseismology has produced unprecedented measurements of the Sun's internal structure and dynamics over the past 25 years. Much of this work has been based on global helioseismology. Now local helioseismology too is showing its great…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 M. J. Thompson

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

Solar chromosphere consists of a partially ionized plasma, which makes modeling the solar chromosphere a particularly challenging numerical task. Here we numerically model chromospheric waves using a two-fluid approach with a newly…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-15 B. Popescu Braileanu , V. S. Lukin , E. Khomenko , A. de Vicente