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Solar oscillation frequencies change with the level of magnetic activity. Localizing subsurface magnetic field concentrations in the Sun with helioseismology will help us to understand the solar dynamo. Because the magnetic fields are not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-28 René Kiefer , Markus Roth

Waves are an integral part of the solar atmosphere, and their characteristics (e.g., dominant period, range of periods, power, and phase angle) change on a diverse spatio-temporal scale. It is well well-established observationally that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-10 Pradeep Kayshap , K. Murawski , Z. E. Musielak , Suresh Babu

We analyze and interpret SOHO/MDI data on oscillation frequency changes between 1996 and 2004 focusing on differences between activity minimum and maximum of solar cycle 23. We study only the behavior of the centroid frequencies, which…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 W. A. Dziembowski , P. R. Goode

In this paper, I review the results of 3-D evolution of the inner heliosphere over the solar cycle #23, based on observations of interplanetary scintillation (IPS) made at 327 MHz using the Ooty Radio Telescope. The large-scale features of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-04-04 P. K. Manoharan

This article presents a power-spectrum analysis of 39,024 measurements of the solar diameter made at the Mount Wilson Observatory from 1968.670 to 1997.965. This power spectrum contains a number of very strong peaks. We find that eight of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Peter A. Sturrock , Luca Bertello

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

The goal of this research is to investigate how magnetic field affects the dynamics of granular convection and excitation of solar oscillations by means of realistic numerical simulations. We have used a 3D, compressible, non-linear…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-27 L. Jacoutot , A. G. Kosovichev , A. Wray , N. N. Mansour

The Sun's net radiative output varies on timescales of minutes to gigayears. Direct measurements of the total solar irradiance (TSI) show changes in the spatially- and spectrally-integrated radiant energy on timescales as short as minutes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-04 Greg Kopp

Using even-order frequency splitting coefficients of global p-modes it is possible to infer the magnetic field in the solar interior as a function of radial distance and latitude. Results obtained using GONG and MDI data are discussed.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. M. Antia

Three-minute oscillations over sunspot's umbra in AR 11131 were observed simultaneously in UV/EUV emission by SDO/AIA and in radio emission by Nobeyama Radioheliograph (NoRH). We use 24-hours series of SDO and 8-hours series of NoRH…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 V. E. Reznikova , K. Shibasaki , R. A. Sych , V. M. Nakariakov

We study the solar-cycle variations of solar p-mode travel time for different wave packets to probe the magnetic fields at the base of the solar convection zone. We select the wave packets which return to the same spatial point after…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Dean-Yi Chou , Alexandr Serebryankiy

We used long duration, high quality, unresolved (Sun-as-a star) observations collected by the ground based network BiSON and by the instruments GOLF and VIRGO on board the ESA/NASA SOHO satellite to search for solar-cycle-related changes in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-04-21 R. Simoniello , W. Finsterle , R. A. Garcia , D. Salabert , A. Jimenez , Y. Elsworth , H. Schunker

Variations of the solar UV irradiance are an important driver of chemical and physical processes in the Earth's upper atmosphere and may also influence global climate. Here we reconstruct solar UV irradiance in the range 115-400 nm over the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-23 N. A. Krivova , S. K. Solanki , T. Wenzler , B. Podlipnik

Solar activity has significantly changed over the last two Schwabe cycles. After a long and deep minimum at the end of Cycle 23, the weaker activity of Cycle 24 contrasts with the previous cycles. In this work, the response of the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Salabert , R. A. Garcia , S. Turck-Chieze

We present a study of the solar wind over different periods of the solar cycle, specifically focussing on the minimum between solar cycles 24 and 25, and the active, ascending phase of solar cycle 25. With the use of interplanetary…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-18 A. Waszewski , J. S. Morgan , R. Ekers , M. Johnston-Hollitt , M. C. M. Cheung , N. D. R. Bhat , R. Chhetri , S. C. Fu

We examine the evolution of the zonal flow pattern in the upper solar convection zone during the current extended solar minimum, and compare it with that during the previous minimum. The results suggest that a configuration matching that at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-24 R. Howe , J. Christensen-Dalsgaard , F. Hill , R. Komm , J. Schou , M. J. Thompson

Coronal fan loops rooted in sunspot umbra show outward propagating waves with subsonic phase speed and period around 3-min. However, their source region in the lower atmosphere is still ambiguous. We performed multi-wavelength observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 Ananya Rawat , Girjesh Gupta

Helioseismic signatures of dynamo waves have recently been discovered in variations of the solar differential rotation, offering valuable insights into the type of dynamo mechanism operating in the solar convection zone. To characterize…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-19 Krishnendu Mandal , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Valery V. Pipin , Sylvain G. Korzennik

We find that the mean meridional motion of the spot groups varies considerably on a time scale of about 5-20 years. The maximum amplitude of the variation is about 10-15 m/s in both the Sun's northern and the southern hemispheres. Variation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-26 J. Javaraiah

Waves are thought to play a significant role in the heating of the solar atmosphere and the acceleration of the wind. Among the many types of waves observed in the Sun, the so-called p-modes with a 3 mHz frequency peak dominate the lower…