Friday, December 16, 2011

1112.3569 (Radostin D. Simitev et al.)

Solar cycle properties described by simple convection-driven dynamos    [PDF]

Radostin D. Simitev, Friedrich H. Busse
Simple models of magnetic field generation by convection in rotating spherical shells exhibit properties resembling those observed on the sun. The {assumption of the Boussinesq approximation made in these models} prevents a realistic description of the solar cycle, but through a physically motivated change in the boundary condition for the differential rotation the propagation of dynamo waves towards higher latitudes can be reversed at least at low latitudes.
View original: http://arxiv.org/abs/1112.3569

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