# Search for torsional oscillations in isolated sunspots

## TL;DR

This study investigates the presence of global torsional oscillations in isolated sunspots using long-term magnetic field data, finding no evidence of such oscillations within a 1-degree azimuthal angle variation.

## Contribution

It provides the first extensive search for torsional oscillations in isolated sunspots using SDO/HMI data, with null results that inform sunspot dynamics models.

## Key findings

- No evidence of global torsional oscillations within 1 degree.
- Long-term magnetic field data analysis shows stable azimuthal angles.
- Results help constrain models of sunspot internal dynamics.

## Abstract

In this work we seek evidence for global torsional oscillations in alpha sunspots. We have used long time series of continuum intensity and magnetic field vector maps from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. The time series analysed here span the total disk passage of 25 isolated sunspots. We found no evidence of global long-term periodic oscillations in the azimuthal angle of the sunspot magnetic field within $\sim$ 1 degree. This study could help us to understand the sunspot dynamics and its internal structure.