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On the Equatorial Acceleration of the Sun
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
Abstract
The interaction of rotation and turbulent convection gives rise to a latitude dependent turbulent energy transport. Energy conservation demands a slow meridional circulation in the solar outer convective zone. The transport of angular momentum by this circulation is balanced in a steady state by the turbulent viscous transport across an angular velocity gradient. Models are constructed which give equatorial acceleration as observed on the sun.
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- Part IV / The Rotation of the Sun
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