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Does the tachocline show solar cycle related changes?

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The tachocline at the base of the convection zone is generally believed to be the seat of the solar dynamo. Here we investigate whether the tachocline shows any detectable change using several 72 day time-series of the Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI) Medium-l data. We do not find any clear evidence of change with time.

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  1. Institute for Advanced Study, Olden Lane, Princeton, NJ , 08540, , U.S.A.

    Sarbani Basu & Jesper Schou

  2. Astronomy Department, Yale University, P.O. Box 208101, New Haven, CT , 06520-8101, , U.S.A.

    Sarbani Basu

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Basu, S., Schou, J. Does the tachocline show solar cycle related changes?. Solar Physics 192, 481–486 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005231509224

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