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太阳上发现的巨型对流细胞

Giant Convection Cells Found on the Sun

David H. Hathaway, Lisa Upton, Owen Colegrove

摘要:

热量通过翻转对流运动通过太阳内部最外层的30%进行传输。这些运动在太阳表面以两种典型的细胞结构形式表现得很明显-颗粒和超颗粒(直径分别为1000和30,000公里)。45年来,理论和观察都表明存在更大的细胞。通过追踪超颗粒的运动,我们发现了持续数月的巨大细胞流的证据。正如太阳自转的影响所预期的那样,这些细胞中的流动在北部的高压周围是顺时针的,在南部是逆时针的,并向赤道输送角动量,维持太阳的快速赤道自转。

英文摘要:

Heat is transported through the outermost 30% of the Sun's interior by overturning convective motions. These motions are evident at the Sun's surface in the form of two characteristic cellular structures - granules and supergranules (~1000 and ~30,000 km across respectively). The existence of much larger cells has been suggested by both theory and observation for over 45 years. We found evidence for giant cellular flows that persist for months by tracking the motions of supergranules. As expected from the effects of the Sun's rotation, the flows in these cells are clockwise around high pressure in the north, counter-clockwise in the south and transport angular momentum toward the equator, maintaining the Sun's rapid equatorial rotation.

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