How far can minimal models explain the solar cycle?
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
2015-06-04 v1 Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
A physically consistent model of magnetic field generation by convection in a rotating spherical shell with a minimum of parameters is applied to the Sun. Despite its unrealistic features the model exhibits a number of properties resembling those observed on the Sun. The model suggests that the large scale solar dynamo is dominated by a non-axisymmetric component of the magnetic field.
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@article{arxiv.1201.6227,
title = {How far can minimal models explain the solar cycle?},
author = {R. D. Simitev and F. H. Busse},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.6227},
year = {2015}
}
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Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal on 2012/01/30