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Measuring the stellar position angle provides valuable information on binary stellar formation or stellar spin axis evolution. We aim to develop a method for determining the absolute stellar position angle using spectro-astrometric analysis…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-18 Anna-Lea Lesage , Guenter Wiedemann

Astrometry measures shifts in a star's photocentre and can be used to detect reflex motion due to orbiting exoplanets. Brightness asymmetries (e.g. starspots) rotating in and out of view can also cause apparent motion of the photocenter,…

Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Jamila Taaki , Lia Corrales , Alfred Hero

We derive the scaling of differential rotation in both slowly- and rapidly-rotating convection zones using order of magnitude methods. Our calculations apply across stars and fluid planets and all rotation rates, as well as to both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Adam S. Jermyn , Shashikumar M. Chitre , Pierre Lesaffre , Christopher A. Tout

This paper describes a new way of determining the high-latitude solar rotation rate statistically from simultaneous observations of many polar faculae. In this experiment, I extracted frames from a movie made previously from flat-fielded…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-11-05 Neil R. Sheeley

In 1777 Ru{\dj}er Bo\v{s}kovi\'c observed sunspots, determined their positions and the solar rotation elements by his own methods briefly described here. We repeat his calculations of the mean solar time, sunspot positions, and solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-24 Mirko Husak , Roman Brajša , Dragan Špoljarić , Davor Krajnović , Domagoj Ruždjak , Ivica Skokić , Dragan Roša , Damir Hržina

Here we report in depth reanalysis of a paper by Vats et al. (2001) [Astrophys. J. 548, L87] based on the measurements of differential rotation with altitude as a function of observing frequencies (as lower and higher frequencies indicate…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-28 Hitaishi Bhatt , Rupal Trivedi , Som Kumar Sharma , Hari Om Vats

We present the first measurements of surface differential rotation on a pre-main sequence binary system. Using intensity (Stokes I) and circularly polarised (Stokes V) timeseries spectra, taken over eleven nights at the Anglo-Australian…

The question is addressed whether stellar differentially rotating radiative zones (like the solar tachocline) excite nonaxisymmetric r-modes which can be observed. To this end the hydrodynamical stability of latitudinal differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 L. L. Kitchatinov , G. Rüdiger

The study of the differential rotation in the chromosphere of the Sun is of significant importance as it provides valuable insights into the rotational behaviour of the solar atmosphere at higher altitudes and the coupling mechanism between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Dibya Kirti Mishra , Srinjana Routh , Bibhuti Kumar Jha , Subhamoy Chatterjee , Dipankar Banerjee

We study solar differential rotation (DR) for solar cycle No. 19 (1954-1964) by tracing sunspot groups on the sunspot drawings of Kanzelhoehe Observatory for Solar and Environmental Research (KSO). Our aim is to extend previous DR analysis…

A new set of accurately measured frequencies of solar oscillations are used to infer the rotation rate inside the Sun, as a function of radial distance as well as latitude. We have adopted a regularized least squares technique with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 H. M. Antia , Sarbani Basu , S. M. Chitre

On the main sequence, low-mass and solar-like stars are observed to spin-down over time, and magnetized stellar winds are thought to be predominantly responsible for this significant angular momentum loss. Previous studies have demonstrated…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-02 Lewis G. Ireland , Sean P. Matt , Charlie R. Davey , Owain L. Harris , Tobias W. Slade-Harajda , Adam J. Finley , Claudio Zanni

We quantify the effect of observational spectroscopic and asteroseismic uncertainties on regularised least squares (RLS) inversions for the radial differential rotation of Sun-like and subgiant stars. We first solved the forward problem to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-27 Hannah Schunker , Jesper Schou , Warrick H. Ball

Stellar magnetic activity produces time-varying distortions in the photospheric line profiles of solar-type stars. These lead to systematic errors in high-precision radial-velocity measurements, which limit efforts to discover and measure…

Stellar differential rotation can be separated into two main regimes: solar-like when the equator rotates faster than the poles and anti-solar when the polar regions rotate faster than the equator. We investigate the transition between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 T. Gastine , R. K. Yadav , J. Morin , A. Reiners , J. Wicht

The first part of this paper aims at illustrating the intense scientific activity in the field of stellar rotation although, for sake of shortness, we cannot be exhaustive nor give any details. The second part is devoted to the rotation as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 M. J. Goupil , R. Samadi , J. Lochard , W. A. Dziembowski , A. Pamyatnykh

Sun-like stars shed angular momentum due to the presence of magnetised stellar winds. Magnetohydrodynamic models have been successful in exploring the dependence of this "wind-braking torque" on various stellar properties, however the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Adam J. Finley , Allan Sacha Brun

For the purpose of investigating the differential rotation of the solar corona, we analyzed ultraviolet (UV) spectral line observations acquired on both the east and west limbs at 1.7 $R_{\odot}$ by SOHO/UVCS during the solar minimum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-11-25 S. Mancuso , S. Giordano , D. Barghini , D. Telloni

We measure differential rotation and meridional flow in the Sun's surface shear layer by tracking the motions of the magnetic network seen in magnetograms from SOHO/MDI and SDO/HMI over solar cycles 23, 24, and the start of 25 (1996-2022).…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-22 David H. Hathaway , Lisa A. Upton , Sushant S. Mahajan

We aim to understand how stellar parameters such as mass and rotation impact the distribution of starspots on the stellar surface. To this purpose, we have used Doppler imaging to reconstruct the surface brightness distributions of three…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-16 J. R. Barnes , S. V. Jeffers , C. A. Haswell , H. R. A. Jones , D. Shulyak , Ya. V. Pavlenko , J. S. Jenkins
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