Astronomy and Astrophysics Seminars
Can we predict sunspot cycles?
by Prof. Arnab Rai Choudhuri (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)
Monday, January 6, 2014
from
to
(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( DAA A269 )
at Colaba Campus ( DAA A269 )
TIFR
Description |
The 11-year sunspot cycle is produced by a plasma process known as the dynamo process taking place in the interior of the Sun. After giving a an introduction to solar dynamo theory, I shall discuss whether our understanding of the sunspot cycle is complete enough for us to predict the strength of a cycle before its onset. |