ON THE OUT-OF-PHASE APPEARANCE OF LARGE-SCALE DIFFUSE MAGNETIC-FIELD OF THE SUN WITH RESPECT TO SUNSPOTS

Authors
DIKPATI M CHOUDHURI AR
Citation
M. Dikpati et Ar. Choudhuri, ON THE OUT-OF-PHASE APPEARANCE OF LARGE-SCALE DIFFUSE MAGNETIC-FIELD OF THE SUN WITH RESPECT TO SUNSPOTS, Astrophysics and space science, 243(1), 1996, pp. 169-172
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astrophysics and space science → ACNP
ISSN journal
0004640X
Volume
243
Issue
1
Year of publication
1996
Pages
169 - 172
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-640X(1996)243:1<169:OTOAOL>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
We assume the large-scale diffuse magnetic field of the Sun to origina te from the poloidal component of a dynamo operating at the base of th e convection zone, whereas the sunspots are due to the toroidal compon ent. The evolution of the poloidal component is studied to model the p oleward migration of the diffuse field seen on the solar surface and t he polar reversal at the time of sunspot maxima (Dikpati and Choudhuri 1994, 1995).