Issue |
A&A
Volume 387, Number 3, June I 2002
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Page(s) | 1100 - 1106 | |
Section | Planets and planetary systems | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20020441 | |
Published online | 17 May 2002 |
Effects of boundary conditions on the dynamics of the solar convection zone
1
Astronomy Unit, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
2
Department of Mathematics, The University, Manchester M13 9PL, UK
3
Mathematics Research Centre, School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary, University of London, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK
Corresponding authors: R. Tavakol, r.tavakol@qmul.ac.uk e.o.covas@qmul.ac.uk moss@ma.man.ac.uk a.s.tworkowski@qmul.ac.uk
Received:
31
January
2002
Accepted:
20
March
2002
Recent analyses of the helioseismic data have produced evidence for a variety of interesting dynamical behaviour associated with torsional oscillations. What is not so far clear is whether these oscillations extend all the way to the bottom of the convection zone and, if so, whether the oscillatory behaviour at the top and the bottom of the convection zone is different. Attempts have been made to understand such modes of behaviour within the framework of nonlinear dynamo models which include the nonlinear action of the Lorentz force of the dynamo generated magnetic field on the solar angular velocity. One aspect of these models that remains uncertain is the nature of the boundary conditions on the magnetic field. Here by employing a range of physically plausible boundary conditions, we show that for near-critical and moderately supercritical dynamo regimes, the oscillations extend all the way down to the bottom of the convection zone. Thus, such penetration is an extremely robust feature of the models considered. We also find parameter ranges for which the supercritical models show spatiotemporal fragmentation for a range of choices of boundary conditions. Given their observational importance, we also make a comparative study of the amplitude of torsional oscillations as a function of the boundary conditions.
Key words: Sun: magnetic fields / Sun: oscillations / Sun: activity
© ESO, 2002
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