Flip-flop phenomenon: observations and theory

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2005-01-17

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0501343v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

4 pages, 5 figures, contribution to the conference "Dynamos of the Sun, Stars and Planets", to be published in AN Volume 326

Scientific paper

10.1002/asna.200410389

In many active stars the spots concentrate on two permanent active longitudes which are 180 degrees apart. In some of these stars the dominant part of the spot activity changes the longitude every few years. This so-called flip-flop phenomenon has up to now been reported in 11 stars, both single and binary alike, and including also the Sun. To explain this phenomenon, a non-axisymmetric dynamo mode, giving rise to two permanent active longitudes at opposite stellar hemispheres, is needed together with an oscillating axisymmetric magnetic field. Here we discuss the observed characteristics of the flip-flop phenomenon and present a dynamo solution to explain them.

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