Iodine-Cell Spectroscopy Applied to Investigating the Solar Differential Rotation

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Jun 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011soph..270..447t&link_type=abstract

Solar Physics, Volume 270, Issue 2, pp.447-461

Physics

Center-Limb Observations, Rotation, Spectrum, Visible, Velocity Fields, Photosphere

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In an attempt to examine whether the spectroscopic Doppler method with an iodine cell (which is known to be successful for precise radial-velocity determinations in stellar astronomy) could be effective for investigating the solar differential rotation, we carried out intensive observations to collect spectra at a large number of points on the solar disk by using the Domeless Solar Telescope along with the horizontal spectrograph of the Hida Observatory. Having converted the resulting line-of-sight velocity component into the angular rotational rate ( ω), we derived a differential rotation law, ω_{sidereal} (deg day^{-1}) =14.03 (±0.06)-1.84 (±0.57) sin2ψ-1.92 (±0.85) sin4ψ ( ψ: heliographic latitude), which is reasonably consistent with other spectroscopic determinations published so far. Our analysis also revealed several practical points to note for successful application ( e.g., exclusion of those data that are not well distant from the meridian; mutual data subtraction/averaging for symmetric counterparts at the eastern and western hemisphere). Considering its easiness and cheapness, this iodine-cell-featured spectroscopic method may be regarded as an effective and practical tool for studying the differential rotation of the Sun.

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