Solar-like to Antisolar Differential Rotation: A Geometric Interpretation
Solar-like to Antisolar Differential Rotation: A Geometric Interpretation
Abstract The solar convection zone rotates differentially, with its equatorial region rotating more rapidly than the polar regions. This form of differential rotation, also observed in many other low-mass stars, is understood to arise when Coriolis effects are stronger than those associated with buoyant driving of the convection. When buoyancy …