On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 8:29 PM, Harry Veeder <hlvee...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > A surprise > Going back to take another look at the decay data from the Brookhaven lab, > the > researchers found a recurring pattern of 33 days. It was a bit of a > surprise, > given that most solar observations show a pattern of about 28 days – the > rotation rate of the surface of the sun. > > The explanation? The core of the sun – where nuclear reactions produce > neutrinos – apparently spins more slowly than the surface we see. "It may > seem > counter-intuitive, but it looks as if the core rotates more slowly than > the > rest of the sun," Sturrock said. > 33 days for the inner rotation of the sun is highly interesting. What would you say is the reason that the outher layer is rotating slower? Is there viscosity involved? I have my explanation but I have this far only been able to prove it for gases. I have mailed about it before here on vortex-l. If someone could provide me with the adiabatic heat gradient in the Sun I could calculate it for the Sun. My explanation is that viscosity is countered. If viscosity is active what are the driving torques due to? Shear flow in combination with viscosity requires torque to remain and not slow down. David
