2011Astronomy and AstrophysicsOpen access

Magnetic confinement of the solar tachocline: II. Coupling to a convection zone

Antoine Strugarek, Allan Sacha Brun, J. P. Zahn

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Context. The reason for the observed thinness of the solar tachocline is still not well understood. One of the explanations that have been proposed is that a primordial magnetic field renders the rotation uniform in the radiation zone.

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Context. The reason for the observed thinness of the solar tachocline is still not well understood. One of the explanations that have been proposed is that a primordial magnetic field renders the rotation uniform in the radiation zone.

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Context. The reason for the observed thinness of the solar tachocline is still not well understood. One of the explanations that have been proposed is that a primordial magnetic field renders the rotation uniform in the radiation zone.

Key concepts: Convection zone, Radiation zone, Tachocline, Differential rotation, Physics, Convection, Rotation (mathematics), Geophysics

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