Solar Tsunami Can Trigger the Sunspot Cycle
- A group of solar physicists recently suggested that the “solar dynamo” is linked to the production of sunspots.
- However, what kick-starts the 11-year sunspot cycle is not known. According to them, a “solar tsunami” is at work that triggers the new sunspot cycle, after the old one ends.
What is Solar Tsunami?
- A Moreton wave or Moreton-Ramsey wave is the chromospheric signature of a large-scale solar coronal shock wave. They are described as a kind of solar “tsunami” as they are generated by solar flares.
- They are named after American astronomer Gail Moreton, an observer at the Lockheed Solar Observatory in Burbank, ....
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