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Internal rotation in the Sun, showing differential rotation in the outer convective region (as a function of latitude) and almost uniform rotation in the central radiative region. The transition between these regions is called the tachocline. To convert the y-axis to period, use 500 nanoHz = 23.15
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indicate that the tachocline is located at a radius of at most 0.70 times the solar radius (measured from the core, i.e., the surface is at 1 solar radius), with a thickness of 0.04 times the solar radius. This would mean the area has a very large shear profile that is one way that large scale
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as the rotation rate changes very rapidly. The convective exterior rotates as a normal fluid with differential rotation with the poles rotating slowly and the equator rotating quickly. The radiative interior exhibits solid-body rotation, possibly due to a
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Charbonneau, P.; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J.; Henning, R.; Larsen, R. M.; Schou, J.; Thompson, M. J.; Tomczyk, S. (December 1999). "Helioseismic Constraints on the Structure of the Solar Tachocline".
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The geometry and width of the tachocline are thought to play an important role in models of the
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Region of the Sun between the radiative interior and the convective zone
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Spiegel, E. A.; Zahn, J. -P. (November 1992). "The solar tachocline".
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Basu, Sarbani; Antia, H. M.; Narasimha, D. (March 1994).
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Hughes, D. W.; Rosner, R.; Weiss, N. O. (2007-05-31).
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field. Recent radio observations of cooler stars and
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stars
solar masses
radiative interior
differentially rotating
convective zone
shear
fossil field
helioseismology
stellar dynamos
poloidal
toroidal
brown dwarfs
Edward Spiegel
Jean-Paul Zahn
thermocline

Sun
Granules
Sunspot
Photosphere
Chromosphere
Convection zone
Radiation zone
Tachocline
Solar core
Solar corona
Flare
Prominence
Solar wind

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