On the seat of the solar cycle

Details On the seat of the solar cycle On the seat of the solar cycle

Dec 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981vsc..conf..185g&link_type=abstract

In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center Variations of the Solar Constant p 185-206 (SEE N82-17014 07-92)

Physics

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Luminosity, Solar Constant, Solar Cycles, Solar Diameter, Sunspots, Variations, Illuminance, Photosphere, Solar Physics, Sunspot Cycle, Theoretical Physics

Scientific paper

A discussion of some of the issues raised in connection with the seat of the solar cycle are presented. Is the cycle controlled by a strictly periodic oscillator that operates in the core, or is it a turbulent dynamo confined to the convection zone and possibly a thin boundary layer beneath it? Sunspot statistics are discussed, with a view to ascertaining the length of the memory of the cycle, without drawing a definitive conclusion. Also discussed are some of the processes that might bring about variations delta L and delta R in the luminosity and the radius of the photosphere. It appears that the ratio W = delta lnR/delta lnL increases with the depth of the disturbance that produces the variations, so that imminent observations might determine whether or not the principal dynamical processes are confined to only the outer layers of the Sun.

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