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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2009-05-17
    Description: 40 years ago two new solar phenomena were described: supergranulation and the five-minute solar oscillations. While the oscillations have since been explained and exploited to determine the properties of the solar interior, the supergranulation has remained unexplained. The supergranules, appearing as convective-like cellular patterns of horizontal outward flow with a characteristic diameter of 30 Mm and an apparent lifetime of 1 day, have puzzling properties, including their apparent superrotation and the minute temperature variations over the cells. Using a 60-day sequence of data from the MDI (Michelson-Doppler Imager) instrument onboard the SOHO (Solar and Heliospheric Observatory) spacecraft, we show that the supergranulation pattern is formed by a superposition of traveling waves with periods of 5-10 days. The wave power is anisotropic with excess power in the direction of rotation and toward the equator, leading to spurious rotation rates and north-south flows as derived from correlation analyses. These newly discovered waves could play an important role in maintaining differential rotation in the upper convection zone by transporting angular momentum towards the equator.
    Keywords: Solar Physics
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The interaction of solar p-mode oscillations with solar active regions has been studied in the case of the velocity oscillations observed in the vicinity of NOAA region 5359 on March 10, 1989. A maximum of nearly 70 percent of the power of incident high-degree modes is noted to be absorbed by this exceptionally large sunspot group. The occurrence of a major flare within this region during the observing sequence furnished a unique opportunity for testing the hypothesis that flares can excite photospheric acoustic waves. A search for acoustic 'pulses' emanating from the flare leads no detection of pulses, to a level of about 20 percent of the background power.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Solar Physics (ISSN 0038-0938); 129; 83-94
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: Oscillation observations can be used to study nonoscillatory solar phenomena that exhibit Doppler shifts. The paper discusses several effects of these phenomena and their associated temporal and spatial power spectra: (1) they limit the signal-to-noise ratio and sometimes detectability of oscillation modes; (2) there is the potential for better understanding and/or detection of solar phenomena; (3) large-scale convection may spatially modulate oscillation modes, leading to a continuous background spectrum; and (4) in regions of the spectrum where the resolution to separate modes is lacking one can determine upper limits for the integrated effects of modes.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-19
    Description: The sound speed of the solar interior is directly determinable on the basis of the frequencies of solar 5-min oscillations, irrespective of solar model, and relying only on a simple asymptotic description of the oscillations in terms of trapped acoustic waves. It is plausible that, by using this asymptotic determination as an initial trial in a more accurate inversion, and imposing constraints of smoothness on the solution resulting from the iteration, a good model representing the large scale structure of the sun which satisfies the observed frequencies may be determined.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 315; 378-382
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Prograde and retrograde sectoral oscillations of the sun have been observed so as to determine frequency differences produced by rotation. Oscillations in the frequency range 2.1-3.7 mHz and with spherical harmonic degrees from 1 to 100 have been identified. Average frequency shifts due to rotation in a sidereal reference frame are found to range from a high of about 660 nHz at degree 1 to a low of about 423 nHz at degree 6, rising to about 471 nHz at degree 100. These results indicate that most of the sun's volume rotates at a rate close to that of the surface, but also that the energy-generating core may rotate more rapidly than the surface.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 310; 19-22
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The frequency difference between prograde and retrograde sectoral solar oscillations is analyzed to determine the rotation rate of the solar interior, assuming no latitudinal dependence. Much of the solar interior rotates slightly less rapidly than the surface, while the innermost part apparently rotates more rapidly. The resulting solar gravitational quadrupole moment is J2 = (1.7 + or - 0.4) x 10 to the -7th and provides a negligible contribution to current planetary tests of Einstein's theory of general relativity.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 310; 22-25
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Reference is made to the solar observations made by Claverie et al. (1982) over a three-month period in the summer of 1981 which show oscillatory velocity with a period of 13.1 days and amplitude of 6.6 m/s. These investigators reject the possibility that they see the Doppler shift from a radial oscillation, because the amplitude is implausibly large. They also do not believe that their signal was induced by solar magnetic fields, since typical mean solar fields are too small. Photo-electric drift-scan measurements of the solar diameter and full-disk magnetograms taken at Kitt Peak National Observatory are examined here for evidence of variations corresponding to the velocity oscillations of the 13.1-day period. An upper limit on radius variations is reported which is a factor of six below the amplitude needed to explain the velocity observations as a radial oscillation. Attention is also given to the possible role of the rotation of large-scale surface magnetic features.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Nature (ISSN 0028-0836); 304; Aug. 11
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Measurements are presented of solar velocity oscillations with spherical harmonic degree 1-139 and angular order approximately 0. With an amplitude sensitivity of approximately 2 cm/s, trapped acoustic wave modes of radial orders 2-26 are observed at frequencies between 1.7 and 5.5 mHz. The radial order identifications of low-degree modes previously inferred from theory are confirmed. Only marginal evidence of long-period, gravity-mode oscillations is found.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: Nature; 302; Mar. 3
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    Publication Date: 2014-08-21
    Description: A progress report on observations of intermediate degree oscillations is presented. Frequencies of zonal p-mode oscillations with amplitudes in excess of approx are found. 2 cm/s. These frequencies show systematic disagreement with recent theoretical calculations. The frequencies with asymptotic formula estimates are examined. Small scatter is obtained for low degree modes but large scatter at large degree. A first look at sectoral harmonic observations shows that magnetic active regions provide a major signal at low frequencies.
    Keywords: SOLAR PHYSICS
    Type: JPL Solar Seismology from Space.; p 165-172
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