Temporal variations in the Sun's rotational kinetic energy

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20078209zbMATH Open1137.85302arXiv0711.0799OpenAlexW3101355796WikidataQ60703337 ScholiaQ60703337MaRDI QIDQ5457816FDOQ5457816

Authors: H. M. Antia, S. M. Chitre, D. O. Gough 

Publication date: 8 April 2008

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: AIM: To study the variation of the angular momentum and the rotational kinetic energy of the Sun, and associated variations in the gravitational multipole moments, on a timescale of the solar cycle. METHOD: Inverting helioseismic rotational splitting data obtained by the Global Oscillation Network Group and by the Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. RESULTS: The temporal variation in angular momentum and kinetic energy at high latitudes (>pi/4) through the convection zone is positively correlated with solar activity, whereas at low latitudes it is anticorrelated, except for the top 10% by radius where both are correlated positively. CONCLUSION: The helioseismic data imply significant temporal variation in the angular momentum and the rotational kinetic energy, and in the gravitational multipole moments. The properties of that variation will help constrain dynamical theories of the solar cycle.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0711.0799

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zbMATH Keywords

Sun: interior-Sun: rotation-Sun: activity-Sun: helioseismology-Sun: magnetic fields-Sun: oscillations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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