Physical Origin of Differences among various Measures of Solar Meridional Circulation

Details Physical Origin of Differences among various Measures of Solar Meridional Circulation Physical Origin of Differences among various Measures of Solar Meridional Circulation

2010-08-16

arxiv.org/abs/1008.2772v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics

To appear in ApJ

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We show that systematic differences between surface Doppler and magnetic element tracking measures of solar meridional flow can be explained by the effects of surface turbulent magnetic diffusion. Feature-tracking speeds are lower than plasma speeds in low and mid-latitudes, because magnetic diffusion opposes poleward plasma flow in low-latitudes whereas it adds to plasma flow at high latitudes. Flux transport dynamo models must input plasma flow; the model-outputs yield estimates of the surface magnetic feature tracking speed. We demonstrate that the differences between plasma speed and magnetic pattern speed in a flux-transport dynamo are consistent with the observed difference between these speeds.

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