The sun is observed to be a torsional oscillator with a period of 11 years

• 1 July 1980
• journal article
• Published by American Astronomical Society in The Astrophysical Journal
• Vol. 239, L33-L36
• https://doi.org/10.1086/183286

Abstract

Keywords

• SOLAR CYCLES
• SOLAR OSCILLATIONS
• SOLAR ROTATION
• FLOW DISTRIBUTION
• PERIODIC VARIATIONS
• PLASMA OSCILLATIONS
• STELLAR MASS
• STELLAR STRUCTURE
• TORSION