Nonlinear Compressible Convection in Regions of Intense Magnetic Fields
Abstract
Two-dimensional numerical simulations are used to explore the behaviour of nonlinear compressible convection extending over multiple scale heights within regions of intense magnetic fields, e.g. sunspots and pores. The large magnetic pressures possessed by such magnetic fields give rise to buoyancy forces which can dramatically alter the behaviour of both oscillatory and steady types of convection.
- Publication:
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The Role of Fine-Scale Magnetic Fields on the Structure of the Solar Atmosphere
- Pub Date:
- 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987rfsm.conf..210H