On the Properties of Toroidal Flux Tubes in the Solar Dynamo
Abstract
Prompted by a recently revived debate concerning the structure of the toroidal magnetic field of the Sun, this letter points out that the observational evidence now suggests that the toroidal flux tubes have fluxes of 1014 Wb (1022 Mx) and flux densities of about 10 T (105 G). It is proposed that such high flux densities may be produced by the work done on the flux tubes by the drag force due to differential rotation.
- Publication:
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Solar Physics
- Pub Date:
- August 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1007/BF00152657
- Bibcode:
- 1991SoPh..134..407P
- Keywords:
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- Dynamo Theory;
- Poloidal Flux;
- Solar Cycles;
- Solar Magnetic Field;
- Toroidal Plasmas;
- Solar Physics;
- Magnetic Field;
- Flux Density;
- Drag Force;
- Flux Tube;
- High Flux