The Kinematic Theory of Solar Dynamo

Details The Kinematic Theory of Solar Dynamo The Kinematic Theory of Solar Dynamo

Feb 2003

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Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol. 3, p. 12-32

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

3

Solar Magnetic Fields, Kinematic Dynamos, Magnetohydrodynamics

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Generation of the Sun's magnetic fields by self-inductive processes in the solar electrically conducting interior, the solar dynamo theory, is a fundamentally important subject in astrophysics. The kinematic dynamo theory concerns how the magnetic fields are produced by kinematically possible flows without being constrained by the dynamic equation. We review a number of basic aspects of the kinematic dynamo theory, including the magnetohydrodynamic approximation for the dynamo equation, the impossibility of dynamo action with the solar differential rotation, the Cowling's anti-dynamo theorem in the solar context, the turbulent alpha effect and recently constructed three-dimensional interface dynamos controlled by the solar tachocline at the base of the convection zone.}

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