Solar Oscillations and Convective Flows as Probes of Structure in the Subphotosphere.
Abstract
Application of inverse theory to the observation of high-degree five-minute solar oscillations has led to the detection of horizontal flows below the solar surface that are a combination of solar rotation and giant convection cells. The distinctive displacements in the centroids of the ridges evident in the power diagrams of the oscillations from one observing day to the next arise from different patterns of giant cells being rotated into view. Such observation of frequency splittings for the high degree oscillation modes, combined with refinements in the inversion of the data using optimal averaging and spectral expansions, has shown that helioseismology should permit detailed mapping of velocity and thermal structures below the solar surface. Extensive theoretical studies of fully compressible magnetoconvection have shown that flows are indeed able to concentrate magnetic fields into concentrated flux sheets that are substantially evaluated of gas. The magnetic buoyancy instabilities have been extensively studies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 15, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA183687
Entities
People
- Juri Toomre
- Katharine B. Gebbie
Organizations
- JILA