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Eff-Darwich, A.; Korzennik, S. G.
Bibliographical reference
"SOHO-9 Workshop "Helioseismic Diagnostics of Solar Convection and Activity", Stanford, California, July 12-15, 1999, meeting abstract."
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1999
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Description
We have analyzed the differences in the oscillation eigenfrequencies
measured in the last three years of GONG (From September 1996 to August
1998) observations and 2 years of SOI/MDI (from May 1996 to May 1998)
observations. We have inverted these data to look for signatures of the
solar activity cycle on the stratification. A one-dimensional (radial)
structure inversion code was used to study temporal variations of the
"bump" in the sound speed distribution located in the boundary between
the radiative and convective zones. These variations could be an
indication of a toroidal magnetic field anchored in this region. A
two-dimensional (radial and latitudinal) structure inversion code was
used to analyze surface latitudinal variations of the sound speed
distribution with time. We also attempted to push the inversion to
deeper regions, but we failed to produce well localized solutions due to
the noise present in the data. The most interesting results are those
found for the sound speed distribution in the solar surface. There is a
clear dependence of the angular distribution of sound speed with time.
The relation between this dependence and some physical phenomena like
the rising of the magnetic activity or thermal variations in the solar
surface are explored.