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A model of velocity field oscillations in the solar convective zone is suggested. The system of convective equations is investigated for a thin rotating spherical envelope when the rotation velocity is depended on the coordinates. It is shown that two different structures of convective cells (longitudinal, or latitudinal) can exist in the envelope depending on gradients values of the rotation velocity and Prandtl number.
It is supposed that two different regimes of convection (stationary and autofluctuating) are possible in the envelope when the angular velocity gradients are determined by the convection itself. In the case of autofluctuating regime the alternation of longitudinal and latitudinal structure of convection is realized.
If one assumes that on the Sun there exists an autooscillating convection regime, then the periods of the existence of latitudinal convection structure may be associated with long periods of activity minima since according to Cowling's theorem, the action of the axisymmetric magnetic field generation mechanism is impossible under conditions of axisymmetric velocity structures.
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Proceedings of the 66th IAU Colloquium: Problems in Solar and Stellar Oscillations, held at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, U.S.S.R., 1–5 September, 1981.
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Dogiel, V.A. Maunder convection mode on the Sun and long solar activity minima. Sol Phys 82, 427–436 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00145581
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