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The nature and significance of solar minima

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2012

Eric Priest
Eric Priest*
Affiliation:
Mathematics Institute, University of St Andrews, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, UK email: eric@mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk
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Abstract

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As an introduction to the theme of this symposium, I give a simple review of the photospheric magnetic field, the properties of the solar cycle, the way in which the magnetic field is thought to be generated by dynamo action, and finally the unusual properties of the recent solar minimum. This has awakened an interest in improving predictions of the solar cycle and in the nature of solar minima not just as gaps between maxima but as phenomena of intrinsic interest in their own right.

Keywords

magnetic fieldsMHDplasmasSun: generalSun: magnetic fieldsSun: photospheresunspots

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