The Evershed effect in sunspots: A theoretical explanation

DOI: 
10.1023/A:1002183117096
Publication date: 
01/01/1998
Main author: 
Montesinos, B
IAA authors: 
Authors: 
Montesinos, B; Thomas, JH
Journal: 
ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCE
Publication type: 
Article
Volume: 
263
Pages: 
323-326
Number: 
Abstract: 
The siphon flow model, consisting in the simulation of a flow of gas moving along a thin magnetic flux tube and driven by the pressure drop between its footpoints, is proposed to explain the observational features of the Evershed effect, one of the longstanding problems in solar physics.
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