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Angular momentum transport in the solar tachocline

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Abstract

Angular momentum transport by non-axisymmetric motions in the solar tachocline likely play a key role in maintaining the global rotation profile in the solar interior. As such, it has important implications with regard to the solar dynamo and to the amplification and emergence of magnetic flux. We report results from several types of numerical experiments designed to study angular momentum transport due to stratified turbulence and shear instabilities in the tachocline and we discuss what implications this may have for its latitudinal and vertical structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-512
Number of pages4
JournalEuropean Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP
Issue number505
StatePublished - Oct 2002
EventProceedings of the Magnetic Coupling of the solar Atmosphere Euroconference and IAU Colloquium 188 - Santorini, Greece
Duration: Jun 11 2002Jun 15 2002

Keywords

  • Shear instabilities
  • Solar dynamo
  • Solar interior
  • Stratified turbulence
  • Tachocline

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