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arxiv: astro-ph/0510111 · v1 · submitted 2005-10-05 · 🌌 astro-ph

Changes in the subsurface stratification of the Sun with the 11-year activity cycle

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We report on the changes of the Sun's subsurface stratification inferred from helioseismology data. Using SOHO/MDI (SOlar and Heliospheric Observatory/Michelson Doppler Imager) data for the last 9 years and, more precisely, the temporal variation of f-mode frequencies, we have computed the variation of the radius of subsurface layers of the Sun by applying helioseismic inversions. We have found a variability of the ``helioseismic'' radius in antiphase with the solar activity, with the strongest variations of the stratification being just below the surface around 0.995$R_{\odot}$. Besides, the radius of the deeper layers of the Sun, between 0.975$R_{\odot}$ and 0.99$R_{\odot}$ changes in phase with the 11-year cycle.

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