Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Nov 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002mnras.337..293w&link_type=abstract
Monthly Notice of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 337, Issue 1, pp. 293-304.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Convection, Mhd, Sun: Granulation, Sun: Magnetic Fields, Sunspots, Stars: Magnetic Fields
Scientific paper
Three-dimensional non-linear magnetoconvection in a strongly stratified compressible layer exhibits different patterns as the strength of the imposed magnetic field is reduced. There is a transition from a magnetically dominated regime, with small-scale convection in slender hexagonal cells, to a convectively dominated regime, with clusters of broad rising plumes that confine the magnetic flux to narrow lanes where fields are locally intense. Both patterns can coexist for intermediate field strengths, giving rise to flux separation: clumps of vigorously convecting plumes, from which magnetic flux has been excluded, are segregated from regions with strong fields and small-scale convection. A systematic numerical investigation of these different states shows that flux separation can occur over a significant parameter range and that there is also hysteresis. The results are related to the fine structure of magnetic fields in sunspots and in the quiet Sun.
Brownjohn D. P.
Proctor Michael R. E.
Weiss Nigel O.
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