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Penumbral Structure and Outflows in Simulated Sunspots

Penumbral Structure and Outflows in Simulated Sunspots

Sunspots are concentrations of magnetic field on the visible solar surface that strongly affect the convective energy transport in their interior and surroundings. The filamentary outer regions (penumbrae) of sunspots show systematic radial outward flows along channels of nearly horizontal magnetic field. These flows were discovered 100 years ago and …