The solar interior - radial structure, rotation, solar activity cycle

Abstract

Some basic properties of the solar convection zone are considered and the use of helioseismology as an observational tool to determine its depth and internal angular velocity is discussed. Aspects of solar magnetism are described and explained in the framework of dynamo theory. The main focus is on mean field theories for the Sun's magnetic field and its differential rotation.

45 pages, 17 figures, to appear in Handbook of Solar-Terrestrial Environment, eds. Y. Kamide & A. C.-L. Chian, Springer

References in corpus (5)

• Astrophysical magnetic fields and nonlinear dynamo theory
• Global-Scale Turbulent Convection and Magnetic Dynamo Action in the Solar Envelope
• The case for a distributed solar dynamo shaped by near-surface shear
• Magnetic Field Saturation in the Riga Dynamo Experiment
• Differential rotation and meridional flow in the solar convection zone and beneath