Can an inverse Λ-effect explain the thin tachocline?

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Jan 2001

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2001esasp.464..301f&link_type=abstract

In: Proceedings of the SOHO 10/GONG 2000 Workshop: Helio- and asteroseismology at the dawn of the millennium, 2-6 October 2000,

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Sun: Interior, Rotation, Circulation

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Helioseismic measurements indicate the existence of a transition layer (the tachocline) between the differentially rotating convection zone and the rigidly rotating radiative interior. According to the theoretical models, the differential rotation should penetrate into the deep layers of the radiative interior, but, based on helioseismic measurements, the tachocline is thin. This is known as the "Thin Tachocline Problem". In this paper we examine the influence of an assumed inverse Λ-effect on the radial spreading of the differential rotation. This effect may contribute to horizontal angular momentum transport below the convection zone. Our results indicate that an inverse Λ-effect can only reduce the thickness of the tachocline to the observed value if an unrealistically high amplitude is assumed. Thus, our results practically exclude the possibility that the thin tachocline is a consequence of a Λ-effect.

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