{
  "id": "1809.06600",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2018-09-18T08:59:29.000Z",
  "updated": "2018-09-18T08:59:29.000Z",
  "title": "Explaining the variation of the meridional circulation with the solar cycle",
  "authors": [
    "Gopal Hazra",
    "Arnab Rai Choudhuri"
  ],
  "comment": "4 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of IAU Symposium No. 340, 2018",
  "categories": [
    "astro-ph.SR"
  ],
  "abstract": "The meridional circulation of the Sun is observationally found to vary with the solar cycle, becoming slower during the solar maxima. We explain this by constructing a theoretical model in which the equation of the meridional circulation (the $\\phi$ component of the vorticity equation) is coupled with the equations of the flux transport dynamo model. We find that the Lorentz force of the dynamo-generated magnetic fields can slow down the \\MC\\ during the solar maxima in broad conformity with the observations.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2018-09-18T08:59:29.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "meridional circulation",
      "solar cycle",
      "solar maxima",
      "flux transport dynamo model",
      "lorentz force"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}