Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2007-11-12
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Submitted to Solar Physics
Scientific paper
10.1007/s11207-008-9208-6
We study the effect of localized sound-speed perturbations on global mode frequencies by applying techniques of global helioseismology on numerical simulations of the solar acoustic wave field. Extending the method of realization noise subtraction (e.g. Hanasoge et al. 2007) to global modes and exploiting the luxury of full spherical coverage, we are able to achieve very highly resolved frequency differences that are used to study sensitivities and the signatures of the thermal asphericities. We find that (1) global modes are almost twice as sensitive to sound-speed perturbations at the bottom of the convection zone as in comparison to anomalies well in the radiative interior ($r\lesssim0.55 R_\odot$), (2) the $m$-degeneracy is lifted ever so slightly, as seen in the $a$ coefficients, and (3) modes that propagate in the vicinity of the perturbations show small amplitude shifts ($\sim 0.5%$).
Hanasoge Shravan M.
Larson Timothy P.
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