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Uh, what? Sun spots come from the magnetic flux tubes from the inner layers becoming unstable and rising to the surface, forming loops. If anything, I'd guess t
by ced 18y ago
Uh, what? Sun spots come from the magnetic flux tubes from the inner layers becoming unstable and rising to the surface, forming loops. If anything, I'd guess that sunspots inhibit the flow. The mixing happens mostly because of the persistent convection cells in the sun and of course the turbulence.
I don't know offhand the answer to the parent's question, but in my experience, the above doesn't make sense.
- ars 18y agoConvection cells are the baseline mixing, but any activity in the sun, and sun spots are far from quiet areas, despite being dark, would cause additional mixing. Why would you say sunspots would inhibit the flow? "magnetic flux tubes" would not arise from nothing, they would arise from large amounts of ions moving (making an electrical current), and therefor mixing the suns layers.