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Production of the solar magnetic fine-structure by convection

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Motion of the gas in supergranular convection will produce twisted flux tubes. A simple energy calculation shows that for a wide variety of assumptions a tube of field strength ∼ 100 G will be given about one twist and will have a diameter ∼ 1000–2000 km. This agrees with observations of magnetic fine-structure on the sun.

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  1. Hale Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

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Weart, S.R. Production of the solar magnetic fine-structure by convection. Sol Phys 14, 274–279 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221313

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