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Photospheric magnetic field rotation: Rigid and differential

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An autocorrelation of the direction of the large-scale photospheric magnetic field observed during 1959–1967 has yielded evidence that the field structure at some heliographic latitudes can display both differential rotation and rigid rotation properties.

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  1. Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, 94720, Berkeley, Calif., U.S.A.

    John M. Wilcox, Kenneth H. Schatten & Andrew S. Tanenbaum

  2. Hale Observatories, Carnegie Institution of Washington, California Institute of Technology, 91106, Pasadena, Calif., U.S.A.

    Robert Howard

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Wilcox, J.M., Schatten, K.H., Tanenbaum, A.S. et al. Photospheric magnetic field rotation: Rigid and differential. Sol Phys 14, 255–262 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00221311

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