Peculiarities of the magnetic flux emerging in the equatorial solar zone


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The magnetic flux longitudinal distribution in the equatorial solar zone has been studied. The magnetic synoptic maps of the Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) during Carrington rotations (CRs) 2052–2068 in 2007 and early 2008 have been analyzed. The longitudinal distributions of the area of the zones where the photospheric magnetic field locally enhanced have been constructed for each CR. The obtained distributions indicate that the zones are located discretely and that a clearly defined one narrow longitudinal interval with the maximum flux is present. The longitudinal position of this maximum shifted discretely by ≈130° at an interval of 5.5 ± 0.5 CRs. A longitudinal shift of the zones with an increased magnetic flux multiple of 60° was observed between the hemispheres. In addition, a time shift of ≈2.5 CRs existed between the instants when the position of maximum fluxes in different hemispheres shifted. The established peculiarities of the magnetic flux longitudinal distribution and time dynamics are interpreted as an action of supergiant convection cells. These actions result in that magnetic fields are removed from the generation region through the channels that are formed between such cells at a longitudinal interval of 120°. The average synodic rotation velocity of the considered equatorial channels, through which the magnetic flux emerges, is 13.43° day–1.

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V. L. Merzlyakov

Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation

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Email: mvl@izmiran.ru
Russian Federation, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190

L. I. Starkova

Pushkov Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere, and Radiowave Propagation

Email: mvl@izmiran.ru
Russian Federation, Troitsk, Moscow oblast, 142190

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