Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jul 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009mnras.397..320l&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 397, Issue 1, pp. 320-324.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Sun: Activity, Sun: Fundamental Parameters, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sunspots
Scientific paper
By using the sunspot time series as a proxy, we have made a detailed analysis of the mean solar magnetic field over the last two and half centuries, by means of a reconstruction of its phase space. We find evidence of a long-term trend variation of some of the solar physical processes (over a few decades) that might be responsible for the apparent erratic behaviour of the solar magnetic cycle. The analysis is done by means of a careful study of the axisymmetric dynamo model equations, where we show that the temporal counterpart of the magnetic field can be described by a self-regulated two-dimensional dynamic system, usually known as a Van der Pol-Duffing oscillator. Our results suggest that during the last two and half centuries, the velocity of the meridional flow, vp, and the efficiency of the α mechanism responsible for the conversion of toroidal magnetic field into poloidal magnetic field might have suffered variations that can explain the observed variability in the solar cycle.
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