Possible explanations of the Maunder minimum from a flux transport dynamo model

Bidya Binay Karak, Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Published 2011-01-23Version 1

We propose that at the beginning of the Maunder minimum the poloidal field or amplitude of meridional circulation or both fell abruptly to low values. With this proposition, a flux transport dynamo model is able to reproduce various important aspects of the historical records of the Maunder minimum remarkably well.