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太阳活动周期理论:批判性观点

Theories of the solar cycle : a critical view

H. C. Spruit

摘要:

一些既定的太阳磁周期的观点进行了批判性的讨论,重点放在两个方面的核心大多数模型:对流湍流的作用,和“速跃层”的对流区的基础上的作用。把太阳活动周期看作对流和磁场之间相互作用的表现的标准观点是错误的。太阳周期的主要成分,除了差异旋转,是相反的浮力不稳定性的磁场本身。这种关于太阳活动周期的物理学观点在20世纪50年代就已经确立,但在数学上已经被平均场湍流形式主义所掩盖,这些形式主义与观测联系不好,并且存在严重的理论问题。这种发展的文学史进行了批判性的讨论。目前假定太阳活动周期的磁场源位于“速斜带”:对流区底部的剪切带。虽然周期的方位场确实最有可能位于对流区的底部,但它不能像这些模型中假设的那样由速跃层的径向剪切提供动力,因为辐射内部不支持显著的剪切应力。相反,它必须由对流区旋转速率的纬度梯度提供动力,就像太阳周期的早期模型一样。未来可能的研究方向进行了简要讨论。

英文摘要:

Some established views of the solar magnetic cycle are discussed critically, with focus on two aspects at the core of most models: the role of convective turbulence, and the role of the `tachocline' at the base of the convection zone. The standard view which treats the solar cycle as a manifestation of the interaction between convection and magnetic fields is shown to be misplaced. The main ingredient of the solar cycle, apart from differential rotation, is instead buoyant instability of the magnetic field itself. This view of the physics of the solar cycle was already established in the 1950s, but has been eclipsed mathematically by mean field turbulence formalisms which make poor contact with observations and have serious theoretical problems. The history of this development in the literature is discussed critically. The source of the magnetic field of the solar cycle is currently assumed to be located in the `tachocline': the shear zone at the base of the convection zone. While the azimuthal field of the cycle is indeed most likely located at the base of the convection zone, it cannot be powered by the radial shear of the tachocline as assumed in these models, since the radiative interior does not support significant shear stresses. Instead, it must be the powered by the latitudinal gradient in rotation rate in the convection zone, as in early models of the solar cycle. Possible future directions for research are briefly discussed.

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