Angular velocity during the cycle deduced using the sunspot group age selection methodology

Details Angular velocity during the cycle deduced using the sunspot group age selection methodology Angular velocity during the cycle deduced using the sunspot group age selection methodology

Jul 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003an....324..464z&link_type=abstract

Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol. 324, No. 5, p. 464-473

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Methodology

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Sun: Activity Cycle, Sun: Sunspot Groups Rotation, Sun: Young Sunspot Groups Braking

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We have used the "age selection methodology" (ASM) (Zappalá and Zuccarello 1991) to study the variability of the sunspot groups angular velocity during the activity cycle. The ASM allows us to separate the contribution of Young Sunspot Groups (YSG) from that of Recurrent ones (RSG) in the Ω (θ) determination and therefore to evaluate whether the increase in angular velocity during minima (reported in literature using all sunspot groups as tracers), is due to a greater statistical weight of YSG on RSG or whether it reflects a global characteristic of the Sun. The results obtained from the analysis of sunspot groups data collected during the period 1874-1981 (Greenwich Photoheliographic Results) indicate that during minima, besides the fact that the percentage of RSG drops to <= 5%, both YSG and RSG show the same increase in angular velocity, i.e. 0.16 degrees/day. Comparing our results with those reported in literature and taking into account the internal angular velocity as deduced by p-mode oscillations, it is possible to conclude that the observed higher angular velocity of the Sun during minima concerns several layers of the Sun.

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