An Analysis of Apparent r-Mode Oscillations in Solar Activity, the Solar Diameter, the Solar Neutrino Flux, and Nuclear Decay Rates, with Implications Concerning the Solar Internal Structure and Rotation, and Neutrino Processes

TL;DR

This study investigates correlations between solar activity, neutrino flux, and nuclear decay rates, suggesting they are influenced by r-mode oscillations within the Sun's internal structure, with implications for understanding solar rotation and neutrino processes.

Contribution

It introduces the hypothesis that observed periodicities across multiple datasets are caused by r-mode oscillations in the Sun's interior, including a proposed inner tachocline.

Findings

Periodicities in solar activity and neutrino data linked to r-mode oscillations.

Evidence supporting a hypothetical inner tachocline affecting solar dynamics.

Estimates of neutrino magnetic moment and solar magnetic field strength.

Abstract

This article presents a comparative analysis of solar activity data, Mt Wilson diameter data, Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino data, and nuclear decay data acquired at the Lomonosov Moscow State University (LMSU). We propose that salient periodicities in all of these datasets may be attributed to r-mode oscillations. Periodicities in the solar activity data and in Super-Kamiokande solar neutrino data may be attributed to r-mode oscillations in the known tachocline, with normalized radius in the range 0.66 to 0.74, where the sidereal rotation rate is in the range 13.7 to 14.6 year-1. We propose that periodicities in the Mt Wilson and LMSU data may be attributed to similar r-mode oscillations where the sidereal rotation rate is approximately which we attribute to a hypothetical inner tachocline separating a slowly rotating core from the radiative zone. We also discuss the possible role of the RSFP (Resonant Spin Flavor Precession) process, which leads to estimates of the neutrino magnetic moment and of the magnetic field strength in or near the solar core.