Open AccessAccurate Simulation of Sun’s Rotation Might Illuminate Solar Cycle
Author(s) -
Tim Hornyak
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2021eo210589
Subject(s) - rotation (mathematics) , solar cycle , physics , solar rotation , environmental science , astronomy , aerospace engineering , astrobiology , meteorology , solar physics , computer science , engineering , solar wind , plasma , artificial intelligence , quantum mechanics
Scientists have known for 400 years about a particularity in the way the Sun rotates. It took the world’s most powerful supercomputer to accurately simulate it.