V. P. Goncharov, V. I. Pavlov, “Whether the Sun's supergranulation possesses a scaling?”, Pis'ma v Zh. Èksper. Teoret. Fiz., 2014, Volume 99, Issue 6,Pages <nobr>365

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ASTROPHYSICS AND COSMOLOGY

Whether the Sun's supergranulation possesses a scaling?

V. P. Goncharov^a, V. I. Pavlov^b

^a A. M. Obukhov Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
^b UFR des Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées – LML CNRS UMR 8107

Abstract: The Sun's supergranulation is considered as a collective effect provided by a statistical ensemble of narrow upflow jets. The responsibility for their occurrence rests with the Rayleigh–Taylor blow-up instability. It is this mechanism that is a trigger for the collapse of thermal irregularities and leads to the formation of such jets. The scaling laws of turbulence generated by these jets are discussed.

Received: 20.01.2014
Revised: 17.02.2014

Language: English

DOI: 10.7868/S0370274X14060022