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The magnetic field inside the Sun

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 August 2017

W. Dziembowski  and
Philip R. Goode
W. Dziembowski
Affiliation:
N. Copernicus Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Philip R. Goode
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, New Jersey, USA

Abstract

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Duvall, Harvey and Pomerantz (1986) reported the existence of a ‘structural asymmetry’ inside the Sun. We show that this asymmetry is not a consequence of the Sun's rotation. We attribute the asymmetry, rather, to a toroidal magnetic field inside the Sun. Consistency requires a field of about one megagauss located in the lower part of the convection zone. Accounting for such a field would wreak havoc on our understanding of the solar dynamo and convection.

Type
Chapter 2: Theory of Solar Oscillations
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 123: Advances In Hello- and Asteroseismology , 1988 , pp. 171 - 174
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1988 

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