Flows around Averaged Solar Active Regions
| Autor: | D. C. Braun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Physics
Convection Sunspot 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences FOS: Physical sciences Astronomy and Astrophysics Zonal and meridional Geophysics 01 natural sciences Magnetic flux Article Amplitude Flow (mathematics) Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Space and Planetary Science 0103 physical sciences Physics::Space Physics Polar Astrophysics::Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Magnetohydrodynamics 010303 astronomy & astrophysics Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR) 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Astrophys J |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1902.02298 |
| Popis: | We explore the general properties of near-surface flows around solar active regions. Helioseismic holography is applied to HMI Dopplergrams yielding nearly 5000 flow measurements of 336 unique active regions observed by the Solar Dynamics Observatory between 2010 and 2014. Ensemble averages of the flows, over subsets of regions sorted on the basis of magnetic flux, are performed. These averages show that converging flows, with speeds of about 10 m s(−1) and extending up to 10° from the active-region centers, are prevalent and have similar properties for all regions with magnetic flux above 10(21) Mx. Retrograde flows are also detected, with amplitudes around 10 m s(−1), which predominantly, but not exclusively, flank the polar side of the active regions. We estimate the expected contribution of these active-region flows to longitudinal averages of zonal and meridional flows and demonstrate the plausibility that they are responsible for at least some component of the time-varying global-scale flows. The reliability of our flow determination is tested using publicly available MHD simulations of both quiet-Sun convection and of a sunspot. While validating the overall methodology in general, the sunspot simulation demonstrates the presence of artifacts that may compromise quantitative flow inferences from some helioseismic measurements. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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