Physics
Scientific paper
May 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008agusmsp31d..03a&link_type=abstract
American Geophysical Union, Spring Meeting 2008, abstract #SP31D-03
Physics
7509 Corona, 7522 Helioseismology, 7529 Photosphere, 7536 Solar Activity Cycle (2162)
Scientific paper
Torsional Oscillations (TO) were first observed on the surface of the Sun as waves of small deviations from differential rotation, which propagate from high latitudes to the equator over solar-cycle time scales. More recently they have been inferred from observations of solar global oscillations to occur in the convection zone. Long-lived brightenings in the corona have also been observed to propagate from near the poles to the equator over similar time scales. This paper will discuss the relationship between TO as observed on the solar surface and in the convection zone and brightenings in the corona. We find that there is an apparent connection between these two phenomena that extends from the equator to latitudes as high as 70 to 80 degrees. This may imply control of both of these phenomena by the driver of the solar cycle (the solar dynamo) and thus place observational constraints on dynamo models. R. C. Altrock was supported by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research.
Altrock Richard C.
Howe Rachel
Ulrich Ralf
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