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MHD simulations of the solar photosphere

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 June 2012

M. Rieutord
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
F. Rincon
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
T. Roudier
Affiliation:
Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP, Toulouse, France and CNRS, IRAP, 14 avenue Edouard Belin, 31400 Toulouse, France
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Abstract

We briefly review the observations of the solar photosphere and pinpoint some open questions related to the magnetohydrodynamics of this layer of the Sun. We then discuss the current modelling efforts, addressing among other problems, that of the origin of supergranulation.

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© EAS, EDP Sciences 2012

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