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Numerical simulation of the solar granulation

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The solar granulation has been simulated by numerical solution of the multidimensional, time-dependent, nonlinear Navier-Stokes equations applied to the solar atmosphere. Granules may be explained as buoyantly rising bubbles created at the level where T = 8000 K, and which have collapsed into vortex rings. The calculation is in quantitative agreement with observations and has a number of implications for solar physics and convection theory.

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  1. Theoretical Division, Group T-3, University of California Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 87545, Los Alamos, NM

    Lawrence D. Cloutman

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Cloutman, L.D. Numerical simulation of the solar granulation. Space Sci Rev 27, 293–299 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00168311

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