A Critical Assessment of the Flux Transport Dynamo
arXiv:1408.3968 · doi:10.1007/s12036-015-9323-3
Abstract
We first discuss how the flux transport dynamo with reasonably high diffusion can explain both the regular and the irregular features of the solar cycle quite well. Then we critically examine the inadequacies of the model and the challenge posed by some recent observational data about meridional circulation, arriving at the conclusion that this model can still work within the bounds of observational data
11 pages, 2 figures, Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics (invited article for the special issue "MHD Waves and Dynamical Processes in the Magnetised Solar and Space Plasmas")
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