Monthly Archives: June 2025

213. Seismology of Parker-Fragmentation of Magnetic Flux beneath Sunspot Photospheres

Contributed by Charlie Lindsey & Alina Donea. Posted on June 16, 2025

Strong acoustic scatterers are found beneath sunspot umbrae and penumbrae using the phase-correlation holography method. These scatterers indicate the fragmentation of magnetic flux, as suggested by Eugene Parker in the 1970s.