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http://hdl.handle.net/1843/60865| Type: | Artigo de Periódico |
| Title: | Meridional circulation dynamics in a cyclic convective dynamo |
| Authors: | Dário Manuel da Conceição Passos Mark Miesch Gustavo Andres Guerrero Eraso Paul Charbonneau |
| Abstract: | Surface observations indicate that the speed of the solar meridional circulation in the photosphere varies in anti-phase with the solar cycle. The current explanation for the source of this variation is that inflows into active regions alter the global surface pattern of the meridional circulation. When these localized inflows are integrated over a full hemisphere, they contribute to slowing down the axisymmetric poleward horizontal component. The behavior of this large-scale flow deep inside the convection zone remains largely unknown. Present helioseismic techniques are not sensitive enough to capture the dynamics of this weak large-scale flow. Moreover, the large time of integration needed to map the meridional circulation inside the convection zone, also masks some of the possible dynamics on shorter timescales. In this work we examine the dynamics of the meridional circulation that emerges from a 3D MHD global simulation of the solar convection zone. Our aim is to assess and quantify the behavior of meridional circulation deep inside the convection zone where the cyclic large-scale magnetic field can reach considerable strength. Our analyses indicate that the meridional circulation morphology and amplitude are both highly influenced by the magnetic field via the impact of magnetic torques on the global angular momentum distribution. A dynamic feature induced by these magnetic torques is the development of a prominent upward flow at mid-latitudes in the lower convection zone that occurs near the equatorward edge of the toroidal bands and that peaks during cycle maximum. Globally, the dynamo-generated large-scale magnetic field drives variations in the meridional flow, in stark contrast to the conventional kinematic flux transport view of the magnetic field being advected passively by the flow. |
| Subject: | Sol Ciclo solar Campos magnéticos |
| language: | eng |
| metadata.dc.publisher.country: | Brasil |
| Publisher: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais |
| Publisher Initials: | UFMG |
| metadata.dc.publisher.department: | ICX - DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA |
| Rights: | Acesso Aberto |
| metadata.dc.identifier.doi: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201730568 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1843/60865 |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| metadata.dc.url.externa: | https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2017/11/aa30568-17/aa30568-17.html |
| metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | Astronomy & Astrophysics |
| Appears in Collections: | Artigo de Periódico |
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