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Possible explanations of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics 2015-06-05 v1 Earth and Planetary Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

We propose that at the beginning of the Maunder minimum the poloidal field or amplitude of meridional circulation or both fell abruptly to low values. With this proposition, a flux transport dynamo model is able to reproduce various important aspects of the historical records of the Maunder minimum remarkably well.

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@article{arxiv.1101.4342,
  title  = {Possible explanations of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model},
  author = {Bidya Binay Karak and Arnab Rai Choudhuri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1101.4342},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures, Proceedings of IAU symposium 273, Physics of Sun and star spots, Ventura, California 22-26 August 2010