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Sunspots and (un)orientability of space-time

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Within the framework of a globally conformally symmetric Abelian Higgs sunspot model it is shown that if there is even one sunspot present in the convection zone the (Sun's) space-time manifold becomesunorientable provided that the compatibility of the affine connection and the volume-form is demanded.

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  1. Astronomical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Tatranská Lomnica, Czechoslovakia

    M. Saniga & J. Klačka

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Saniga, M., Klačka, J. Sunspots and (un)orientability of space-time. Astrophys Space Sci 199, 339–341 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00613208

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