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The Sun as a Magnetic Star

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

John M. Wilcox
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305, U.S.A.
Leif Svalgaard
Affiliation:
Institute for Plasma Research, Stanford University, Stanford, Calif. 94305, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The Sun as a magnetic star is described on the basis of recent work on solar magnetism. Observations at an arbitrary angle to the rotation axis would show a 22-year polar field variation and a 25–day equatorial sector variation. The sector variation would be similar to an oblique rotator with an angle of 90° between the magnetic and rotational axes.

Type
Part 4: Stellar Activity of the Solar Type
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1976