Solar rotation.
Abstract
Questions regarding the significance of solar rotation are investigated, giving attention to its apparently small influence on certain solar phenomena. The sun (a G star) is a slow rotator with an equatorial velocity of about 2 km/sec. The rotation of the solar interior is considered along with the rotation of the solar wind and aspects of a differential rotation of the solar surface and atmosphere. Theories for solar rotation are discussed, taking into account the problem of angular momentum history and the problem of surface and atmospheric differential rotation. An outline of interesting problems regarding solar rotation for future studies is also presented.
- Publication:
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Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- 1974
- DOI:
- 10.1146/annurev.aa.12.090174.000403
- Bibcode:
- 1974ARA&A..12...47G
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Models;
- Dynamo Theory;
- Solar Rotation;
- Angular Momentum;
- Doppler Effect;
- Fluid Dynamics;
- Photosphere;
- Solar Atmosphere;
- Solar Interior;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Solar Wind;
- Solar Physics