Monthly Archives: December 2019

134. The First Numerical Modeling of Spontaneous Generation of δ-sunspots

Contributed by Shin Toriumi. Posted on December 17, 2019

In an MHD simulation of flux emergence, a δ-sunspot is formed spontaneously by a collision of areas with opposite polarities. Driven by convective flows and counter-streaming flows, sheared polarity inversion lines form and flux ropes are created above.