Influence of the magnetic activity cycle on mean density and acoustic radius inversions

Abstract

Asteroseismic modelling is crucial for upcoming missions like PLATO, CubeSpec, and Roman. Despite significant progress, discrepancies between observations and theoretical predictions introduce biases in stellar characterisation at the precision required by PLATO. Current models typically ignore magnetic activity, assuming its effects are hidden within surface effects. However, recent studies have shown significant impacts of magnetic activity on the Sun's asteroseismic characterisation using forward modelling. Using GOLF and BiSON observations of two full solar activity cycles, we quantified the impact of magnetic activity on solar mean density and acoustic radius inversions. Observations were segmented into yearly overlapping snapshots, each offset by 91.25 days. Inversions were performed for each snapshot to determine mean density and acoustic radius, tracking their temporal evolution and estimating systematic uncertainty due to magnetic activity. We observed a clear imprint of the magnetic activity cycle on solar mean density and acoustic radius through helioseismic inversions, consistent across GOLF and BiSON datasets. This imprint is the largest source of systematic uncertainty in solar asteroseismic characterisation. Including low radial-order modes mitigates these effects more significantly than previously measured for other stellar variables. We recommend asteroseismic values for solar mean density (1.4104 \pm 0.0051 g/cm3) and acoustic radius (3722.0 \pm 4.1 s), averaged over two activity cycles. These values account for major systematic errors, achieving high precision (0.36% for mean density and 0.11% for acoustic radius). These results are promising for high-precision characterisation of Sun-like stars, a better-constrained mean density being able to enhance the precision of stellar radius estimate, which is crucial for exoplanetary system characterisation.

Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics

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