Sub-Wavelength Resolution Imaging of the Solar Deep Interior

Details Sub-Wavelength Resolution Imaging of the Solar Deep Interior Sub-Wavelength Resolution Imaging of the Solar Deep Interior

2008-11-30

arxiv.org/abs/0812.0119v1

Astrophys.J.693:1678-1685,2009

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Accepted, ApJ; 17 pages, 12 figures

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/693/2/1678

We derive expectations for signatures in the measured travel times of waves that interact with thermal anomalies and jets. A series of numerical experiments that involve the dynamic linear evolution of an acoustic wave field in a solar-like stratified spherical shell in the presence of fully 3D time-stationary perturbations are performed. The imprints of these interactions are observed as shifts in wave travel times, which are extracted from these data through methods of time-distance helioseismology \citep{duvall}. In situations where at least one of the spatial dimensions of the scatterer was smaller than a wavelength, oscillatory time shift signals were recovered from the analyses, pointing directly to a means of resolving sub-wavelength features. As evidence for this claim, we present analyses of simulations with spatially localized jets and sound-speed perturbations. We analyze 1 years' worth solar observations to estimate the noise level associated with the time differences. Based on theoretical estimates, Fresnel zone time shifts associated with the (possible) sharp rotation gradient at the base of the convection zone are of the order 0.01 - 0.1 s, well below the noise level that could be reached with the currently available amount of data ($\sim 0.15-0.2$ s with 10 yrs of data).

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