The solar dynamo in the light of the distribution of various sunspot magnetic classes over butterfly diagram
✍ Scribed by D. Sokoloff; A.I. Khlystova
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 562 KB
- Volume
- 331
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-6337
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
We present the data concerning the distribution of various sunspot magnetic classes over the solar butterfly diagram and discuss how this data can inform solar dynamo models. We use the statistics of sunspots that violate the Hale polarity law to estimate the ratio of the fluctuating and mean components of the toroidal magnetic field inside the solar convective zone. An analysis of the spatial distribution of bipolar, unipolar and complex sunspot groups in the context of simple dynamo models results in the conclusion that the mean toroidal field is relatively simple and maintains its shape during the course of the solar cycle (© 2010 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)