β-Plane Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Solar Tachocline

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Sep 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007apj...667l.113t&link_type=abstract

The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 667, Issue 1, pp. L113-L116.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Magnetohydrodynamics: Mhd, Sun: Interior, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Turbulence

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This Letter discusses the role of a weak toroidal magnetic field in modifying the turbulent transport properties of stably stratified rotating turbulence in the tachocline. A local two-dimensional β-plane model is investigated numerically. In the absence of magnetic fields, nonlinear interactions of Rossby waves lead to the formation of strong mean zonal flows. However, the addition of even a very weak toroidal field suppresses the generation of mean flows. We argue that this has serious implications for angular momentum transport in the lower tachocline.

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