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On the Stability of Magnetic Flux Tubes in the Equator of a Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

A. Ferriz-Mas
Affiliation:
Kiepenheuer–Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6 D-W-7800 Freiburg, Germany
M. Schüssler
Affiliation:
Kiepenheuer–Institut für Sonnenphysik, Schöneckstr. 6 D-W-7800 Freiburg, Germany

Abstract

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We consider the linear stability of a toroidal flux tube lying in the equatorial plane of a differentially rotating star and investigate its dependence on superadiabaticity, magnetic field strength, and gradient of angular velocity.

Type
1. The Solar Dynamo
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993 

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