Solar magnetic fields and convection. V - Further interactions

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May 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976ap%26ss..41...79p&link_type=abstract

Astrophysics and Space Science, vol. 41, May 1976, p. 79-95.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

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Astronomical Models, Convective Flow, Solar Atmosphere, Solar Magnetic Field, Atmospheric Models, Chromosphere, Faculae, Fine Structure, Magnetohydrodynamic Waves, Photosphere, Solar Rotation, Twenty-Seven Day Variation

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The flux-rope model of solar magnetic fields is extended to explain the post-spot evolution of fields and faculae as well as the effects of magnetic fields on certain convective motions. It is shown how fraying of flux ropes into fibers and strands produces unipolar magnetic regions, some fields outside the coarse photospheric and chromospheric network, and some tiny reversed-polarity fields. The 27-day rotation of the gross pattern of background fields, the existence of active longitudes, and the phenomenon of magnetic longitudes extending across the equator are all attributed to interactions among submerged flux ropes. A model based on a 'tree' of flux strands is proposed which can account for many features of the chromospheric fine structure. Several modified convective patterns are described and explained in terms of large-scale magnetic structures predicted by the flux-rope model. Differences between photospheric and chromospheric faculae are discussed, and it is argued that upward-propagating Alfven waves are responsible for the three-minute oscillation of the sun.

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