On the large-scale diffuse magnetic field of the sun - II. The contribution of active regions

Choudhuri, Arnab Rai and Dikpati, Mausumi (1999) On the large-scale diffuse magnetic field of the sun - II. The contribution of active regions. In: Solar Physics, 184 (1). pp. 61-76.

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Abstract

Dikpati and Choudhuri (1993, 1995) developed a model for the poleward migration of the weak diffuse magnetic field on the Sun's surface. This field was identified with the poloidal component produced by the solar dynamo operating at the base of the convection zone, and its evolution was studied by considering the effects of meridional circulation and turbulent diffusion. The earlier model is extended in this paper by incorporating the flux from, the decay of tilted active regions near the solar surface as an additional source of the poloidal field. This extended model can now explain various low-latitude features in the time-latitude diagram of the weak diffuse fields. These low-latitude features could not be accounted for in the earlier model, which was very successful in modeling the behavior at high latitudes. The time-latitude diagrams show that regions of a particular polarity often have 'tongues' of opposite polarity. Such tongues can be produced in the theoretical model by incorporating fluctuations in the source term arising out of the decaying active regions.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Solar Physics
Publisher:	Springer
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Springer.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2011 05:01
Last Modified:	29 Jun 2011 05:01
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/38705

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