Sunspot Modeling: From Simplified Models to Radiative MHD Simulations

We review our current understanding of sunspots from the scales of their fine structure to their large scale (global) structure including the processes of their formation and decay. Recently, sunspot models have undergone a dramatic change. In the past, several aspects of sunspot structure have been...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Rolf Schlichenmaier, Matthias Rempel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer 2011-09-01
Series:Living Reviews in Solar Physics
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Online Access:http://www.livingreviews.org/lrsp-2011-3