Convectively Driven Vortex Flows in the Sun
Convectively Driven Vortex Flows in the Sun
We have discovered small whirlpools in the Sun, with a size similar to terrestrial hurricanes (≲0.5 Mm). The theory of solar convection predicts them, but they had remained elusive so far. The vortex flows are created at the downdrafts where the plasma returns to the solar interior after cooling down, …