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Concerning the development of the Evershed motion in sunspots

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

Martin D. Altschuler
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., U.S.A.
Yoshinari Nakagawa
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., U.S.A.
Carl G. Lilliequist
Affiliation:
High Altitude Observatory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colo., U.S.A.

Abstract

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The non-linear, partial differential equations of magnetohydrodynamics are iterated simultaneously by computer to determine the time development of a single sunspot. Axisymmetry and incompressibility are assumed. The initial conditions are (1) zero velocity everywhere, and (2) the magnetic-field distribution of a ring current embedded in the photosphere. The initial magnetic field is then allowed to relax by magnetic diffusion and by the creation of a velocity field. It is shown that (1) Evershed motion outward from the sunspot will develop from reasonable initial parameters, and (2) the growth rate of the magnetic configuration depends on the strength of the initial magnetic field.

Type
Part III: Optical Structure of an Active Region
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1968 

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