2009/08/31 by Dário Passos, Dario Passos, Ilídio Lopes +1
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Dynamo #Dynamo theory #Economics #Geomagnetism and Paleomagnetism Studies #Geophysics and Gravity Measurements #Magnetic field #Mathematical analysis #Mathematics #Maxima and minima #Order (exchange) #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Solar dynamo #Statistical physics #astro-ph.SR
paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2009.12.019
12 pages, 5 figures, Space Climate Symposium 3, Finland (in press JASTP). Version 3.0 incorporates new figures and references
openalex publication_date 2010/01/15 · arxiv created 2010/09/08 · arxiv updated 2015/02/05 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
In this work we use a low order dynamo model and study under which conditions can it reproduce solar grand minima. We begin by building the phase space of a proxy for the toroidal component of the solar magnetic field and we develop a model, derived from mean field dynamo theory, that gives the time evolution of the toroidal field. This model is characterized by a non-linear oscillator whose coefficients retain most of the physics behind dynamo theory. In the derivation of the model we also include stochastic oscillations in the α effect. We found no evidences that stochastic fluctuations in a linear α effect can trigger grand minima episodes in this model. In contrast, the model used points out that possible mechanism that can trigger grand minima should involve the meridional circulation, magnetic diffusivity or field intensification by buoyancy driven instabilities.