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Loading contentThe mechanism that generates and regenerates the Sun's magnetic field, converting the energy of plasma motions — differential rotation and convection — into magnetic energy. The dynamo drives the roughly eleven-year sunspot cycle and the reversal of the Sun's polarity; the details, especially the role of the tachocline, remain an active research problem.
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