Physics
Scientific paper
Aug 1980
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980soph...67....9f&link_type=abstract
Solar Physics, Volume 67, Issue 1, pp.9-12
Physics
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Magnetic Field Configurations, Momentum Transfer, Photosphere, Solar Magnetic Field, Attitude (Inclination), Reynolds Stress, Solar Granulation, Toroids
Scientific paper
We discuss the dynamical interpretation of evidence for an azimuthal tilt of the global magnetic field from the radial direction at the photosphere. We point out that the Reynolds stresses of super-granular convective motions might produce the required small tilt of intense flux tubes, without implying an unacceptably large momentum flux across the photospheric surface into the solar wind. Our calculations lead us to conclude that there is little reason, at present, to infer (Duvall et al., 1979) a separate low intensity constituent of the global magnetic field, from the observational evidence for an azimuthal tilt. More precise measurements of the vertical component of supergranular motions would be useful in determining the actual torque exerted by the Reynolds stresses on the magnetic field.
Duvall Thomas L. Jr.
Foukal Peter
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