Issue |
A&A
Volume 413, Number 3, January III 2004
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Page(s) | 1143 - 1151 | |
Section | The Sun | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361:20031569 | |
Published online | 07 January 2004 |
Dynamics of the fast solar tachocline
II. Migrating field
Eötvös University, Department of Astronomy, Budapest, Pf. 32, 1518 Hungary Konkoly Observatory, Budapest, Pf. 67, 1525 Hungary
Corresponding author: E.Forgacs-Dajka@astro.elte.hu
Received:
14
November
2002
Accepted:
1
October
2003
We present detailed numerical calculations of the fast solar tachocline based on the assumption that the dynamo field dominates over the dynamics of the tachocline. In the present paper of the series, we focus on three shortfalls of the earlier models. First, instead of the simple oscillating dipole poloidal field we study the more general magnetic field structures reminiscent of the butterfly diagram. The migrating field is prescribed as the observed axisymmetric radial magnetic field [CITE]. Our results are in good agreement with our analytical estimate and our previous works in [CITE], but the polar “dip” in isorotational surfaces is strongly reduced in this case. On the other hand, a more realistic model should have a magnetic diffusivity decreasing significantly inside the radiative interior, so we also explore the effect of diffusivity and magnetic Prandtl number varying with depth. We found that the downwards decreasing magnetic diffusivity and Prandtl number have no significant effect on the solution, although the temporal variation of the tachocline thickness has decreased.
Key words: Sun: interior / MHD / Sun: rotation
© ESO, 2004
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