The Case for a Distributed Solar Dynamo Shaped by Near‐Surface Shear
The Case for a Distributed Solar Dynamo Shaped by Near‐Surface Shear
Arguments for and against the widely accepted picture of a solar dynamo being seated in the tachocline are reviewed and alternative ideas concerning dynamos operating in the bulk of the convection zone, or perhaps even in the near-surface shear layer, are discussed. Based on the angular velocities of magnetic tracers …