Structure of the near-surface layers of the Sun: asphericity and time variation

Details Structure of the near-surface layers of the Sun: asphericity and time variation Structure of the near-surface layers of the Sun: asphericity and time variation

2006-09-18

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0609505v1

Astrophys.J.654:1146-1165,2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

To appear in ApJ (January 2007)

Scientific paper

10.1086/509251

We present results on the structure of the near-surface layers of the Sun obtained by inverting frequencies of high-degree solar modes from "ring diagrams". We have results for eight epochs between June 1996 and October 2003. The frequencies for each epoch were obtained from ring diagrams constructed from MDI Dopplergrams spanning complete Carrington rotations. We find that there is a substantial latitudinal variation of both sound speed and the adiabatic index Gamma_1 in the outer 2% of the Sun. We find that both the sound-speed and Gamma_1 profiles change with changes in the level of solar activity. In addition, we also study differences between the northern and southern hemispheres of the Sun and find a small asymmetry that appears to reflect the difference in magnetic activity between the two hemispheres.

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