The Nature of One Mechanism of Solar Differential Rotation
Abstract
The mechanism of the solar differential rotation usually ascribed to an anisotropic viscosity action is shown to be caused by Coriolis forces which influence anisotropic convective elements in a stratified medium. The estimation of an anisotropy parameters as a function of the convective zone depth is given. The value of (s-1) is positive near the solar surface and negative at the convective zone base, which is in good agreement with observations and the dynamo theory.
- Publication:
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Astrophysics and Space Science
- Pub Date:
- November 1978
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00651051
- Bibcode:
- 1978Ap&SS..59..215R
- Keywords:
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- Dynamo Theory;
- Solar Physics;
- Solar Rotation;
- Convection;
- Coriolis Effect;
- Strata;
- Solar Physics