Solar interior
The Tachocline
The thin shear layer near seven-tenths of the solar radius, where the rigidly rotating radiative interior meets the differentially rotating convection zone. This velocity shear is widely thought to be where the Sun's large-scale magnetic field is generated — the seat of the solar dynamo.
Highlights
- ›The shear layer thought to seat the solar dynamo
The Sun, its layers & phenomena
Across solar physics
Knowledge connections
- Associated withThe Radiative Zone
- Associated withThe Sun
- Associated withThe Radiative Zone
- Associated withThe Convection Zone
- Associated withThe Solar Dynamo
- Associated withDifferential Rotation
- Associated withThe Convection Zone
- Associated withThe Solar Dynamo
Sources
The primary and reference sources this topic draws on.
- NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
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