Helicity of Solar Active Regions from a Dynamo Model

Details Helicity of Solar Active Regions from a Dynamo Model Helicity of Solar Active Regions from a Dynamo Model

Nov 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004apj...615l..57c&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 615, Issue 1, pp. L57-L60.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Magnetohydrodynamics: Mhd, Sun: Activity, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sun: Sunspots

Scientific paper

We calculate helicities of solar active regions based on the idea that poloidal flux lines get wrapped around a toroidal flux tube rising through the convection zone, thereby giving rise to the helicity. Rough estimates based on this idea compare favorably with the observed magnitude of helicity. We use our solar dynamo model based on the Babcock-Leighton α-effect to study how helicity varies with latitude and time. At the time of solar maximum, our theoretical model gives negative helicity in the northern hemisphere and positive helicity in the south, in accordance with observed hemispheric trends. However, we find that during a short interval at the beginning of a cycle, helicities tend to be opposite of the preferred hemispheric trends.

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