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Time-Dependent Convective Collapse of Flux Tubes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 August 2017

S. Sirajul Hasan*
Affiliation:
Indian Institute of Astrophysics Bangalore-560034. India

Abstract

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The time-dependent collapse of a slender flux tube extending vertically in the convection zone of the Sun is modelled. Starting from an initial state in which the flux tube is in hydrostatic equilibrium, the non-linear MHD equations are used to examine its temporal evolution. A detailed study of the flow variables and magnetic field within the tube is presented. It is seen that asymptotically in time a unique state of dynamic equilibrium is established, irrespective of the value of βo (the ratio of the thermal to magnetic pressure at the initial epoch).

Type
I. Magnetic Fields in Stellar Photospheres
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1983 

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