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We present a three-dimensional numerical model for the generation and evolution of the magnetic field in the solar convection zone, in which sunspots are produced and contribute to the cyclic reversal of the large-scale magnetic field. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 Rohit Kumar , Laurène Jouve , Rui F. Pinto , Alexis P. Rouillard

It is well accepted that the solar cycle originates from a magnetohydrodynamics dynamo deep inside the Sun. Many dynamo models have long been proposed based on a lot of observational constraints. In this paper, using 342 NSO/Kitt Peak solar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 W. B. Song

A model for the solar dynamo, consistent in global flow and numerical method employed with the differential rotation model, is developed. The magnetic turbulent diffusivity is expressed in terms of the entropy gradient, which is controlled…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-06-28 L. L. Kitchatinov , A. A. Nepomnyashchikh

For Sun-like stars, the generation of toroidal magnetic field from poloidal magnetic field is an essential piece of the dynamo mechanism powering their magnetism. Previous authors have estimated the net toroidal flux generated in each…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-01-23 Adam J. Finley , Sacha A. Brun , Antoine Strugarek , Robert Cameron

Solar magnetic fields comprise an 11-year activity cycle, represented by the number of sunspots. The maintenance of such a solar magnetic field can be attributed to fluid motion in the convection zone, i.e. a dynamo. This study conducts the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 Ryota Shimada , Hideyuki Hotta , Takaaki Yokoyama

A time series of GONG Dopplergrams for the period 10-14 May 1997 from Udaipur and Big Bear sites has been used to measure the velocity fluctuations in the sunspot (NOAA active region 8038) and quiet photosphere simultaneously. We observe…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 Brajesh Kumar , R. Jain , S. C. Tripathy , Hari Om Vats , M. R. Deshpande

The morphological asymmetry of leading and following sunspots is a well-known characteristic of the solar surface. In the context of large-scale evolution of the surface magnetic field, the asymmetry has been assumed to have only a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-09-25 H. Iijima , H. Hotta , S. Imada

The latitudinal location of the sunspot zones in each hemisphere is determined by calculating the centroid position of sunspot areas for each solar rotation from May 1874 to June 2011. When these centroid positions are plotted and analyzed…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 D. H. Hathaway

The generation of magnetic flux in the solar interior and its transport from the convection zone into the photosphere, the chromosphere, and the corona will be in the focus of solar physics research for the next decades. With 4m class…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 R. Schlichenmaier , N. Bello Gonzalez , R. Rezaei , T. A. Waldmann

We present the assessment of a diffusion-dominated mean field axisymmetric dynamo model in reproducing historical solar activity and forecast for solar cycle 25. Previous studies point to the Sun's polar magnetic field as an important proxy…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-06-29 Alejandro Macario-Rojas , Katharine L. Smith , Peter C. E. Roberts

Contex: Solar magnetic activity exhibits variations with periods between 1.5--4 years, the so-called quasi-biennial oscillations (QBOs), in addition to the well-known 11-year Schwabe cycles. Solar dynamo is thought to be the responsible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-05-29 Fadil Inceoglu , Rosaria Simoniello , Rainer Arlt , Matthias Rempel

A striking feature of the solar cycle is that at the beginning, sunspots appear around mid-latitudes, and over time the latitudes of emergences migrate towards the equator.The maximum level of activity (e.g., sunspot number) varies from…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-21 Akash Biswas , Bidya Binay Karak , Robert Cameron

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

The paper presents a study of kinematic axisymmetric mean-field dynamo models for a case of the meridional circulation with a deep-seated stagnation point and a strong return flow at the bottom of the convection zone. This kind of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 V. V. Pipin , A. G. Kosovichev

We present a realistic numerical model of sunspot and active region formation based on the emergence of flux bundles generated in a solar convective dynamo. To this end we use the magnetic and velocity fields in a horizontal layer near the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-20 Feng Chen , Matthias Rempel , Yuhong Fan

Context. The solar dynamo consists of a process that converts poloidal field to toroidal field followed by a process which creates new poloidal field from the toroidal field. Aims. Our aim is to observe the poloidal and toroidal fields…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-10 R. H. Cameron , T. L Duvall , M. Schüssler , H. Schunker

Context. Solar activity cycles vary in amplitude and duration. The variations can be at least partly explained by fluctuations in dynamo parameters. Aims. We want to restrict uncertainty in fluctuating dynamo parameters and find out which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-18 L. L. Kitchatinov , A. V. Mordvinov , A. A. Nepomnyashchikh

We develop two different solar dynamo models to verify the hypothesis that a deep meridional flow can restrict the apperance of sunspots below 45 degrees, proposed by Nandy & Choudhuri (2002). In the first one, a single polytropic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 G. A. Guerrero , J. D. Muñoz

The choice of free parameters in surface flux transport (SFT) models describing the evolution of the large-scale poloidal magnetic field of the Sun is critical for the correct reproduction of the polar magnetic flux built up during a solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-12-18 K. Petrovay , M. Talafha

It can be shown on observational grounds that two basic effects of dynamo theory for solar activity - production of the toroidal field from the poloidal one by differential rotation and reverse conversion of the toroidal field to the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 L. L. Kitchatinov