Various scenarios for the equatorward migration of sunspots
Abstract
The profile of the differential rotation together with the sign of the alpha-effect determine the dynamo wave direction. In early models of the solar dynamo the dynamo wave often leads to a poleward migration of the activity belts. Flux transport by the meridional flow or the effect of the surface shear layer are possible solutions. In a model including the corona, we show that various migrations can be obtained by varying the properties of the corona. A new dynamo of Babcock-Leighton type also leads to the correct equatorward migration by the non-linear relation between flux density and rise time of the flux.
- Publication:
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Solar and Stellar Magnetic Fields: Origins and Manifestations
- Pub Date:
- 2020
- DOI:
- arXiv:
- arXiv:2003.08131
- Bibcode:
- 2020IAUS..354..134E
- Keywords:
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- solar dynamo;
- solar corona;
- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- 4 pages, 4 figures