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P. C. Liewer I. González Hernández J. R. Hall C. Lindsey X. Lin 《Solar physics》2014,289(10):3617-3640
We test the reliability of helioseismic far-side active-region predictions, made using Dopplergrams from both the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) onboard the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) and the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG), by comparison with far-side observation of solar activity from the Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory (STEREO). Both GONG and HMI produce seismic Carrington maps that show strong magnetic-field regions, labeling predictions of far-side active regions that have a probability ≥?70 %. By visual comparison of these prediction maps with STEREO extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Carrington maps, we determine whether or not solar activity, as evidenced as brightness in EUV, is observed at the predicted locations. We analyzed nine months of data from 2011 and 2012. For both GONG and HMI, we find that for approximately 90 % of the active-region predictions, activity/brightness is observed in EUV at the predicted location. We also investigated the success of GONG and HMI at predicting large active regions before they appear at the east limb as viewed from Earth. Of the 27 identified large east-limb active regions in the nine months of data analyzed, GONG predicted 15 (55 %) at least once within the week prior to Earth-side appearance and HMI predicted 13 (48 %). Based on the STEREO far-side EUV observations, we suggest that 9 of the 27 active regions were probably too weak to be predicted while on the far side. Overall, we conclude that HMI and GONG have similar reliability using the current data-processing procedures. 相似文献
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Using Severino's model, we estimate the amount of coherent correlated and uncorrelated background and incoherent noise components
needed to reproduce the following four helioseismic spectra: V power, I power, V–I phase difference and V–I coherence, using GONG and MDI data. We confirm that a coherent correlated component of 10-15% of the total background and
noise is needed in both V and I and that a larger amount of coherent uncorrelated background is needed for MDI data compared to GONG data to compensate for
a smaller incoherent noise. 相似文献
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A.-M. Broomhall 《Solar physics》2017,292(4):67
The minimum in the solar-activity cycle observed between Cycles 23 and 24 is generally regarded as being unusually deep and long. This minimum is being followed by a cycle with one of the smallest amplitudes in recent history. We perform an in-depth analysis of this minimum with helioseismology. We use Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) data to demonstrate that the frequencies of helioseismic oscillations are a sensitive probe of the Sun’s magnetic field: The frequencies of the helioseismic oscillations were found to be systematically lower in the minimum following Cycle 23 than in the minimum preceding it. This difference is statistically significant and may indicate that the Sun’s global magnetic field was weaker in the minimum following Cycle 23. The size of the shift in oscillation frequencies between the two minima is dependent on the frequency of the oscillation and takes the same functional form as the frequency dependence observed when the frequencies at cycle maximum are compared with the cycle-minimum frequencies. This implies that the same near-surface magnetic perturbation is responsible. Finally, we determine that the difference in the mean magnetic field between the minimum preceding Cycle 23 and that following it is approximately 1 G. 相似文献
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Ashok Ambastha 《Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy》2006,27(2-3):255-265
NOAA 10486 produced several powerful flares, including the 4B/X17.2 superflare of October 28, 2003/11:10 UT. This flare was
extensively covered by theH
α and GONG instruments operated at the Udaipur Solar Observatory (USO). The central location of the active region on October
28,2003 was well-suited for the ring diagram analysis to obtain the 3-D power spectra and search for helioseismic response
of this large flare on the amplitude, frequency and width of the p-modes. Further, using USO observations, we have identified
the sites of new flux emergences, large proper motions and line-of-sight velocity flows in the active region and their relationship
with the flare. 相似文献
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Grant E. Kocharov 《Solar physics》1992,142(2):407-410
Based on the available solar neutrino and helioseismic data a possible astrophysical solution of the solar neutrino problem is proposed. Forthcoming high and low energy neutrino measurements and helioseismic experiments will allow one to check the considered possibility. 相似文献
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Temporal variations of the structure and the rotation rate of the solar tachocline region are studied using helioseismic data from the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) and the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) obtained during the period 1995–2000. We do not find any significant temporal variation in the depth of the convection zone, the position of the tachocline or the extent of overshoot below the convection zone. No systematic variation in any other properties of the tachocline, like width, etc., is found either. The possibility of periodic variations in these properties is also investigated. Time-averaged results show that the tachocline is prolate with a variation of about 0.02 R⊙ in its position. Neither the depth of the convection zone nor the extent of overshoot shows any significant variation with latitude. 相似文献
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J. Christensen-Dalsgaard M. P. Di Mauro H. Schlattl A. Weiss 《Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society》2005,356(2):587-595
An important goal of helioseismology is to provide information about the basic physics and parameters that determine the structure of the solar interior. Here we discuss the procedures applied in such analyses, using as an example attempts to obtain significant constraints on the value of Newton's gravitational constant G from helioseismology. The analysis is based on complete direct and inverse helioseismic analysis of a set of accurate observed acoustic frequencies. We confirm, as found by previous investigations based on different approaches, that the actual level of precision of the helioseismic inferences does not allow us to constrain G with a precision better than that which can be reached with direct experimental measurements. The conclusion emphasizes the importance in helioseismic inferences of considering not only the accuracy with which solar oscillations are measured, but also the effect of uncertainties in other aspects of the model computation and helioseismic analysis. 相似文献
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M. Woodard 《Solar physics》2014,289(4):1085-1100
The accuracy of helioseismic measurement is limited by the stochastic nature of solar oscillations. In this article I use a Gaussian statistical model of the global seismic wave field of the Sun to investigate the noise limitations of direct-modeling analysis of convection-zone-scale flows. The theoretical analysis of noise is based on hypothetical data that cover the entire photosphere, including the portions invisible from the Earth. Noise estimates are derived for measurements of the flow-dependent couplings of global-oscillation modes and for combinations of coupling measurements that isolate vector-spherical-harmonic components of the flow velocity. For current helioseismic observations, which sample only a fraction of the photosphere, the inferred detection limits are best regarded as optimistic limits. The flow-velocity fields considered in this work are assumed to be decomposable into vector-spherical-harmonic functions of degree less than five. The problem of measuring the general velocity field is shown to be similar enough to the well-studied problem of measuring differential rotation to permit rough estimates of flow-detection thresholds to be gleaned from past helioseismic analysis. I estimate that, with existing and anticipated helioseismic datasets, large-scale flow-velocity amplitudes of a few tens of ${\rm m\,s^{-1}}$ should be detectable near the base of the convection zone. 相似文献
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We study the effect of the change of solar model parameters on the measurements of the horizontal velocity flow components based on the analysis of high-degree modes using the ring-diagram local helioseismic technique. We show that changing the equation of state, opacities, surface heavy-element abundances or the modeling of convection do not affect the sub-photospheric flow field measurements. However, the modeling of outermost layers can affect the measurements if an important amount of high radial order modes (high-frequency modes) are included in the analysis. 相似文献
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H. Moradi C. Baldner A. C. Birch D. C. Braun R. H. Cameron T. L. Duvall Jr. L. Gizon D. Haber S. M. Hanasoge B. W. Hindman J. Jackiewicz E. Khomenko R. Komm P. Rajaguru M. Rempel M. Roth R. Schlichenmaier H. Schunker H. C. Spruit K. G. Strassmeier M. J. Thompson S. Zharkov 《Solar physics》2010,267(1):1-62
While sunspots are easily observed at the solar surface, determining their subsurface structure is not trivial. There are two main hypotheses for the subsurface structure of sunspots: the monolithic model and the cluster model. Local helioseismology is the only means by which we can investigate subphotospheric structure. However, as current linear inversion techniques do not yet allow helioseismology to probe the internal structure with sufficient confidence to distinguish between the monolith and cluster models, the development of physically realistic sunspot models are a priority for helioseismologists. This is because they are not only important indicators of the variety of physical effects that may influence helioseismic inferences in active regions, but they also enable detailed assessments of the validity of helioseismic interpretations through numerical forward modeling. In this article, we provide a critical review of the existing sunspot models and an overview of numerical methods employed to model wave propagation through model sunspots. We then carry out a helioseismic analysis of the sunspot in Active Region 9787 and address the serious inconsistencies uncovered by Gizon et al. (2009a, 2009b). We find that this sunspot is most probably associated with a shallow, positive wave-speed perturbation (unlike the traditional two-layer model) and that travel-time measurements are consistent with a horizontal outflow in the surrounding moat. 相似文献
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Subsurface Vorticity of Flaring <Emphasis Type="Italic">versus</Emphasis> Flare-Quiet Active Regions
We apply discriminant analysis to 1023 active regions and their subsurface-flow parameters, such as vorticity and kinetic
helicity density, with the goal of distinguishing between flaring and non-flaring active regions. We derive synoptic subsurface
flows by analyzing GONG high-resolution Doppler data with ring-diagram analysis. We include magnetic-flux values in the discriminant
analysis derived from NSO Kitt Peak and SOLIS synoptic maps binned to the same spatial scale as the helioseismic analysis.
For each active region, we determine the flare information from GOES and include all flares within 60° central meridian distance
to match the coverage of the ring-diagram analysis. The subsurface-flow characteristics improve the ability to distinguish
between flaring and non-flaring active regions. For the C- and M-class flare category, the most important subsurface parameter
is the so-called structure vorticity, which estimates the horizontal gradient of the horizontal-vorticity components. The
no-event skill score, which measures the improvement over predicting that no events occur, reaches 0.48 for C-class flares
and 0.32 for M-class flares, when the structure vorticity at three depths combined with total magnetic flux are used. The
contributions come mainly from shallow layers within about 2 Mm of the surface and layers deeper than about 7 Mm. 相似文献
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J. Javaraiah 《Solar physics》2013,287(1-2):197-214
Using the Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON) sunspot-group data for the period 1985?–?2010, the variations in the annual mean equatorial-rotation rates of the sunspot groups are determined and compared with the known variations in the solar equatorial-rotation rates determined from the following data: i) the plasma rotation rates at 0.94R⊙,0.95R⊙,…,1.0R⊙ measured by the Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) during the period 1995?–?2010, ii) the data on the soft-X-ray corona determined from Yohkoh/SXT full-disk images for the years 1992?–?2001, iii) the data on small bright coronal structures (SBCS) that were traced in Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO)/EIT images during the period 1998?–?2006, and iv) the Mount Wilson Doppler-velocity measurements during the period 1986?–?2007. A large portion (up to ≈?30° latitude) of the mean differential-rotation profile of the sunspot groups lies between those of the internal differential-rotation rates at 0.94R⊙ and 0.98R⊙. The variation in the yearly mean equatorial-rotation rate of the sunspot groups seems to be lagging behind that of the equatorial-rotation rate determined from the GONG measurements by one to two years. The amplitude of the GONG measurements is very small. The solar-cycle variation in the equatorial-rotation rate of the solar corona closely matches that determined from the sunspot-group data. The variation in the equatorial-rotation rate determined from the Mount Wilson Doppler-velocity data closely resembles the corresponding variation in the equatorial-rotation rate determined from the sunspot-group data that included the values of the abnormal angular motions (>?|3°|?day?1) of the sunspot groups. Implications of these results are pointed out. 相似文献
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The underlying physics that generates the excitations in the global low-frequency (<?5.3?mHz) solar acoustic power spectrum is a well-known process that is attributed to solar convection; however, a definitive explanation as to what causes excitations in the high-frequency regime (>?5.3?mHz) has yet to be found. Karoff and Kjeldsen (Astrophys. J. 678, 73??C?76, 2008) concluded that there is a correlation between solar flares and the global high-frequency solar acoustic waves. We have used Global Oscillation Network Group (GONG) helioseismic data in an attempt to verify the Karoff and Kjeldsen (2008) results as well as compare the post-flare acoustic power spectrum to the pre-flare acoustic power spectrum for 31 solar flares. Among the 31 flares analyzed, we observe that a decrease in acoustic power after the solar flare is just as likely as an increase. Furthermore, while we do observe variations in acoustic power that are most likely associated with the usual p-modes associated with solar convection, these variations do not show any significant temporal association with flares. We find no evidence that consistently supports flare-driven high-frequency waves. 相似文献
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The contributions to the third meeting of the Solar Cycle Workshop are briefly summarized. The topics discussed at the meeting included (i) predictions and precursors, (ii) large and small-scale magnetic fields, (iii) photospheric velocity fields, (iv) coronal phenomena, (v) the Sun as a star, (vi) limb temperature measurements and helioseismic data, (vii) theoretical modelling of the cycle, (viii) cyclic activity in stars, and (ix) the interpretation of the Elatina Sandstone Layers.This paper was presented at the third meeting of the Solar Cycle Workshop, held in Sydney, Australia, January 9–13, 1989. 相似文献
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We establish that global solar p-mode frequencies can be measured with sufficient precision on time scales as short as nine days to detect activity-related
shifts. Using ten years of GONG data, we report that mode-mass and error-weighted frequency shifts derived from nine days
are significantly correlated with the strength of solar activity and are consistent with long-duration measurements from GONG
and the SOHO/MDI instrument. The analysis of the year-wise distribution of the frequency shifts with change in activity indices
shows that both the linear-regression slopes and the magnitude of the correlation varies from year to year and they are well
correlated with each other. The study also indicates that the magnetic indices behave differently in the rising and falling
phases of the activity cycle. For the short-duration nine-day observations, we report a higher sensitivity to activity. 相似文献
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The rotational splitting of low-degree p modes is still a controversial issue. There are small but nevertheless real discrepancies between the different measurements of splittings obtained with the existing helioseismology experiments from ground (BISON, IRIS, GONG, LOWL) or from space (VIRGO, GOLF, MDI). I review the current status of rotational splitting in the field of low-degree helioseismology and how we could explain the remaining discrepancies between the various sets of splittings. 相似文献
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In recent years, helioseismology has provided an unprecedented look at the dynamics of the solar interior. These new insights have been accompanied by tremendous advances in high-performance computing technology, prompting increasingly sophisticated and realistic numerical models of solar convection. Among the most important helioseismic constraints on global-scale convection models is the mean differential rotation profile of the solar envelope, which is established by convection under the influence of rotation. The highly turbulent nature of solar convection makes this rotational influence difficult to determine and model. I will begin this review by discussing the solar rotation profile inferred from helioseismic measurements and various theoretical and numerical approaches to account for it. Computational constraints limited early numerical models to relatively laminar flow regimes but more recent investigations have begun to explore the distinct nature of turbulent convection. After a brief overview of empirical and numerical results on the related Rayleigh-Bernard system, I will outline the current state of numerical modeling of turbulent convection in rotating, stratified fluids, first in Cartesian and then in spherical geometries. The emphasis throughout will be on how rotation influences the structure, evolution, and transport processes of turbulent convection and what type of differential rotation can result. 相似文献
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S. Turck-Chièze P. Lamy C. Carr P. H. Carton A. Chevalier I. Dandouras J. M. Defise S. Dewitte T. Dudok de Wit J. P. Halain S. Hasan J. F. Hochedez T. Horbury P. Levacher M. Meissonier N. Murphy P. Rochus A. Ruzmaikin W. Schmutz G. Thuillier S. Vivès 《Experimental Astronomy》2009,23(3):1017-1055
The DynaMICCS mission is designed to probe and understand the dynamics of crucial regions of the Sun that determine solar
variability, including the previously unexplored inner core, the radiative/convective zone interface layers, the photosphere/chromosphere
layers and the low corona. The mission delivers data and knowledge that no other known mission provides for understanding
space weather and space climate and for advancing stellar physics (internal dynamics) and fundamental physics (neutrino properties,
atomic physics, gravitational moments...). The science objectives are achieved using Doppler and magnetic measurements of
the solar surface, helioseismic and coronographic measurements, solar irradiance at different wavelengths and in-situ measurements
of plasma/energetic particles/magnetic fields. The DynaMICCS payload uses an original concept studied by Thalès Alenia Space
in the framework of the CNES call for formation flying missions: an external occultation of the solar light is obtained by
putting an occulter spacecraft 150 m (or more) in front of a second spacecraft. The occulter spacecraft, a LEO platform of
the mini sat class, e.g. PROTEUS, type carries the helioseismic and irradiance instruments and the formation flying technologies.
The latter spacecraft of the same type carries a visible and infrared coronagraph for a unique observation of the solar corona
and instrumentation for the study of the solar wind and imagers. This mission must guarantee long (one 11-year solar cycle)
and continuous observations (duty cycle > 94%) of signals that can be very weak (the gravity mode detection supposes the measurement
of velocity smaller than 1 mm/s). This assumes no interruption in observation and very stable thermal conditions. The preferred
orbit therefore is the L1 orbit, which fits these requirements very well and is also an attractive environment for the spacecraft
due to its low radiation and low perturbation (solar pressure) environment. This mission is secured by instrumental R and
D activities during the present and coming years. Some prototypes of different instruments are already built (GOLFNG, SDM)
and the performances will be checked before launch on the ground or in space through planned missions of CNES and PROBA ESA
missions (PICARD, LYRA, maybe ASPIICS). 相似文献
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We study the temporal autocorrelation function (ACF) of global solar oscillations. It is well known that the “large frequency separation” is proportional to the solar acoustic radius. We analyze the ACF of MDI and GONG spherical-harmonic-coefficient time series for degrees ?=0?3. Acoustic radius measurements obtained from the first dominant peak locations of the ACF show a significant anticorrelation with solar cycle. This technique can be a useful tool to search for stellar activity. 相似文献