Surface Evolution of the Sun's Magnetic Field: A Historical Review of the Flux-Transport Mechanism
This paper reviews our attempts to understand the transport of magnetic flux on the Sun from the Babcock and Leighton models to the recent revisions that are being used to simulate the field over many sunspot cycles. In these models, the flux originates in sunspot groups and spreads outward on the s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2005-10-01
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| Series: | Living Reviews in Solar Physics |
| Online Access: | http://www.livingreviews.org/lrsp-2005-5 |