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| Paper: |
Cyclic Magnetic Variations of the Sun |
| Volume: |
154, Cool Stars, Stellar Systems and the Sun: Tenth Cambridge Workshop |
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131 |
| Authors: |
Wang, Y.-M. |
| Abstract: |
Magnetograph observations now provide a comprehensive picture of the Sun's large-scale magnetic field and its evolution over the last two sunspot cycles. The formation and reversal of the polar fields can be understood in terms of a flux transport model that includes the effect of a 10-20 m s^{-1} poleward surface flow. The evolution and rotational behavior of photospheric field patterns, of large-scale coronal structures such as coronal holes, and of solar wind streams are discussed and given simple physical interpretations. |
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