Indications of R-mode Oscillations in SOHO/MDI Solar Radius Measurements

Scargle, J. D.; Gough, D. O.; Sturrock, P. A.; Bush, R.

United States, United Kingdom

Abstract

Analysis of solar radius measurements acquired by the Michelson Doppler Imager on the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft supports previously reported evidence of solar internal r-mode oscillations in Mt Wilson radius data and in 90Sr beta-decay data. The frequencies of these oscillations are compatible with oscillations in a putative inner tachocline that separates a slowly rotating core from the radiative envelope.

2015 The Astrophysical Journal
SOHO 24