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The solar tachocline: a study in stably stratified MHD turbulence

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IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans

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In this paper I shall describe the dynamics of the solar tachocline. This region at the base of the solar convection zone is believed to play a key role in the generation of the solar activity cycle. Moreover it provides the motivation for a wide-ranging study of the properties of stably stratified rotating turbulence in the presence of a magnetic field. I shall discuss how the presence of even a weak large-scale magnetic field may lead to suppression of the turbulent correlations that drive zonal flows in neutral fluids.

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Tobias, S. (2010). The solar tachocline: a study in stably stratified MHD turbulence. In: Dritschel, D. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Turbulence in the Atmosphere and Oceans. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 28. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0360-5_14

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