Magnetic waves of solar activity

✍ Scribed by V. I. Makarov; A. A. Ruzmaikin; S. V. Starchenko

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 1987
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 593 KB
• Volume: 111
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0038-0938
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00148519

✦ Synopsis

An asymptotic solution of generation equations for the solar mean magnetic field is given and studied. The variation of rotational angular velocity with depth is taken from helioseismological data. Average helicity is prescribed according to the mixing length theory. It is shown that three dynamo waves of the magnetic field are excited. The first wave is generated at the surface layer and concentrates at latitudes of about 60 ~ Its activity becomes apparent in the poleward migration of the zone of polar faculae formation. The second more powerful wave of the field is excited in the center of the convection zone and its activity shows up in a sunspot cycle. The third wave which is similar to the first wave, is generated at the bottom of the convection zone and attenuates towards the surface. Its activity may appear as a three-fold reversal of the polar magnetic field.