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Towards Understanding Solar Convection and Activity – (Invited Review)

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The dynamics of the large-scale eddies which advect angular momentum through the convection zone is controlled in a significant way by the boundary conditions, which, if they are not modelled adequately, do not lead to a distribution of angular velocity that is consistent with observation. The transition boundary layer separating the convection zone from the radiative interior is thought to play a critical role in controlling the magnetic field in the convection zone, and is probably not wholly irrelevant to understanding the cycle of solar activity.

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  1. Institute of Astronomy, Madingley Road, Cambridge, , CB3 0HA, , U.K

    Douglas Gough

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  3. JILA, University of Colorado, Campus Box 440, Boulder, CO , 80309-0440, , U.S.A.

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  5. Via Palou, Stanford, CA , 94305-4085, , U.S.A.

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Gough, D. Towards Understanding Solar Convection and Activity – (Invited Review). Solar Physics 192, 3–26 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1005287731939

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