Magnetic field confinement by meridional flow and the solar tachocline

DOI10.1051/0004-6361:20064867zbMATH Open1100.85510arXivastro-ph/0603417OpenAlexW2167162876WikidataQ68593418 ScholiaQ68593418MaRDI QIDQ3408435FDOQ3408435

Authors: L. L. Kitchatinov, G. Rüdiger 

Publication date: 1 November 2006

Published in: Astronomy & Astrophysics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We show that the MHD theory that explains the solar tachocline by an effect of the magnetic field can work with the decay modes of a fossil field in the solar interior if the meridional flow of the convection zone penetrates slightly the radiative zone beneath. An equatorward flow of about 10 m/s penetrating to a maximum depth of 1000 km below the convection zone is able to generate almost horizontal field lines in the tachocline region so that the internal field is almost totally confined to the radiative zone. The theory of differential solar rotation indeed provides meridional flows of about 10 m/s and a penetration depth of < 1000 km for viscosity values that are characteristic of a stable tachocline.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0603417

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zbMATH Keywords

magnetic fieldsmagnetohydrodynamics (MHD)rotationinterior

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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