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Possible explanations of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 August 2011

Bidya Binay Karak
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 email: bidya_karak@physics.iisc.ernet.in, arnab@physics.iisc.ernet.in
Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012 email: bidya_karak@physics.iisc.ernet.in, arnab@physics.iisc.ernet.in
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We propose that at the beginning of the Maunder minimum the poloidal field or amplitude of meridional circulation or both fell abruptly to low values. With this proposition, a flux transport dynamo model is able to reproduce various important aspects of the historical records of the Maunder minimum remarkably well.

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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2011

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