Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Apr 2000
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Astronomy Reports, Volume 44, Issue 4, April 2000, pp.262-270
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
Large-scale solar magnetic fields in the latitude range 50° S 50° N are analyzed in detail for a long time interval (1915 1990). We are primarily concerned with the two types of large-scale fields forming the two-and four-sector patterns on the Sun. The rotation parameters of these structures are obtained for all latitudes considered. The contribution of the two-sector structure grows and that of the four-sector structure decreases toward high latitudes. The magnetic field is activated simultaneously over a wide latitude range. Since both magnetic-field systems exhibit quasi-rigid rotation, their current systems must either be concentrated in a narrow latitude range or be situated beneath the convection zone, where rotation is only weakly differential. A period of about three years is manifest in the difference between the rotation periods for the two types of magnetic field. Physically, this may imply that these oscillations are external with respect to any level, and there is some phase delay due to their propagation from one level to another. We can conclude with a fair degree of certainty that as the activity level rises, the rotation speed decreases, and vice versa.
Obridko Vladimir N.
Shelting B. D.
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