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Non-linear Convection with Hexagonal Planform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

J. O. Murphy*
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Melbourne

Extract

Observations of the solar surface indicate a cellular structure, photospheric granulation, which, as suggested by Wilson and others, could arise from a shallow convection layer. The basic observed granulation pattern has been likened to a hexagonal cell type structure.

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Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1971

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