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Mean-field dynamo theory, describing the evolution of large-scale magnetic fields, has been the mainstay of theoretical interpretation of magnetism in astrophysical objects such as the Sun for several decades. More recently,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-02 Petri J. Käpylä

The Sun's magnetic field varies in multiple time scales. Observations show that the minimum between cycles 24 and 25 was the second consecutive minimum which was deeper and wider than several earlier minima. Since the active regions…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-01-19 Kiran Jain , Niket Jain , Sushanta C. Tripathy , Mausumi Dikpati

The Sun is a magnetically active star and is the source of the solar wind, electromagnetic radiation and energetic particles which affect the heliosphere and the Earths atmosphere. The magnetic field of the Sun is responsible for most of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-04 Soumitra Hazra

The Hubble Space Telescope has revealed the existence of multiple, regularly spaced, and faint concentric shells around some planetary nebulae. Here we present 2(1/2)D magnetohydrodinamic numerical simulations of the effects of a solar-like…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Guillermo Garcia-Segura , Jose Alberto Lopez , Jose Franco

This paper considers a possibility of magnetic-field generation by local turbulent flows at the bottom of convective zone. The cycle of magnetic-field generation in this model can be represented in the form of sequency of processes. There…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-18 Andrey G. Tlatov

Variations of the sunspot number are important indicators of the solar activity cycles. The sunspot formation is a result of a dynamo process inside the Sun, which is far from being understood. We use simple dynamical models of the dynamo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-02-11 I. N. Kitiashvili , A. G. Kosovichev

Context: Large-scale magnetic fields resulting from hydromagnetic dynamo action may differ substantially in their time dependence. Cyclic field variations, characteristic for the solar magnetic field, are often explained by an important…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 M. Schrinner , L. Petitdemange , E. Dormy

Since the discovery of solar cycle related with magnetic field in 1908, deep seated oscillatory dynamo has been studied extensively. However, there are still open questions on the solar dynamo, e.g., asymmetric conversion between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-10-16 Biping Gong

Like the solar cycle, stellar activity cycles are also irregular. Observations reveal that rapidly rotating (young) Sun-like stars exhibit a high level of activity with no Maunder-like grand minima and rarely display smooth regular activity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-10 Vindya Vashishth , Bidya Binay Karak , Leonid Kitchatinov

It is widely accepted that astrophysical magnetic fields are generated by dynamo action. In many cases these fields exhibit organisation on a scale larger than that of the underlying turbulent flow (e.g., the eleven-year solar cycle). The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-03 Laura K. Currie , Steven M. Tobias

Having advanced knowledge of solar activity is important because the Sun's magnetic output governs space weather and impacts technologies reliant on space. However, the irregular nature of the solar cycle makes solar activity predictions a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-31 Dibyendu Nandy , Bidya Binay Karak

Computational heliophysics has shed light on the fundamental physical processes inside the Sun, such as the differential rotation, meridional circulation, and dynamo-generation of magnetic fields. However, despite the substantial advances,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 A. G. Kosovichev , G. Guerrero , A. M. Stejko , V. V. Pipin , A. V. Getling

The solar cycle is a complex phenomenon, a comprehensive understanding of which requires the study of various tracers. Here, we consider the solar cycle as manifested in the harmonics of the solar large-scale surface magnetic field,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-12 V. N. Obridko , A. S. Shibalova , D. D. Sokoloff

The interplanetary magnetic field near has a characteristic "sector" structure that reflects its polarity relative to the solar direction. Typically we observe large-scale coherence in these directions, with two or four "away" or "towards"…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Hugh Hudson , Leif Svalgaard , Iain Hannah

The most widely accepted model of the solar cycle is the flux transport dynamo model. This model evolved out of the traditional $\alpha \Omega$ dynamo model which was first developed at a time when the existence of the Sun's meridional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Gopal Hazra , Dibyendu Nandy , Leonid Kitchatinov , Arnab Rai Choudhuri

A magneto-hydrostatic model is constructed with spectropolarimetric properties close to those of solar photospheric magnetic bright points. Results of solar radiative magneto-convection simulations are used to produce the spatial structure…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 S. Shelyag , M. Mathioudakis , F. P. Keenan , D. B. Jess

Interactions between flows and magnetic fields in the Sun's plasma can change surface waves and flows near active regions, are evident in cyclic changes of large-scale phenomena such as the meridional circulation, and contribute to dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-09-23 E. J. Zita , C. Smith , N. E. Hurlburt

A model is presented that explains the `torsional oscillation' pattern of deviations in the solar rotation rate as a geostrophic flow. The flow is driven by temperature variations near the surface due to the enhanced emission of radiation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 H. C. Spruit

This work reviews our understanding of the magnetic fields observed in the quiet Sun. The subject has undergone a major change during the last decade (quiet revolution), and it will remain changing since the techniques of diagnostic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-05-03 J. Sanchez Almeida , M. Martinez Gonzalez

The sunspot number data during the past 400 years indicates that both the profile and the amplitude of the solar cycle have large variations. Some precursors of the solar cycle were identified aiming to predict the solar cycle. The polar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Jie Jiang