The Sun's axisymmetric large-scale flows, differential rotation and meridional circulation, are thought to be maintained by the influence of rotation on the thermal-convective motions in …
The Sun's magnetic field is generated by subsurface motions of the convecting plasma. The latitude at which the magnetic field emerges through the solar surface (as sunspots) drifts …
J Zhao, RS Bogart, AG Kosovichev… - The Astrophysical …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
Meridional flow in the solar interior plays an important role in redistributing angular momentum and transporting magnetic flux inside the Sun. Although it has long been …
SK Solanki, JC del Toro Iniesta, J Woch… - Astronomy & …, 2020 - aanda.org
Aims. This paper describes the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager on the Solar Orbiter mission (SO/PHI), the first magnetograph and helioseismology instrument to observe the …
NA Featherstone, MS Miesch - The Astrophysical Journal, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a series of 3D nonlinear simulations of solar-like convection, carried out using the Anelastic Spherical Harmonic code, that are designed to isolate those processes that …
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 …
Meridional flow is thought to play a very important role in the dynamics of the solar convection zone; however, because of its relatively small amplitude, precisely measuring it …
Using a new implementation of ring-diagram helioseismology, we ascertain the strength and spatial scale of convective flows throughout the near-surface shear layer. Our ring-diagram …
DH Hathaway - The Astrophysical Journal, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Recent analysis revealed that supergranules (convection cells seen at the Sun's surface) are advected by the zonal flows at depths equal to the widths of the cells themselves. Here …