The Tachocline

Highlights

• ›The shear layer thought to seat the solar dynamo

The Sun, its layers & phenomena

• The Sun
• The Radiative Zone
• The Convection Zone
• The Solar Dynamo
• Differential Rotation

Across solar physics

• The Radiative Zone
• The Convection Zone
• The Solar Dynamo

Knowledge connections

• Associated withThe Radiative Zone
• Associated withThe Sun
• Associated withThe Radiative Zone
• Associated withThe Convection Zone
• Associated withThe Solar Dynamo
• Associated withDifferential Rotation
• Associated withThe Convection Zone
• Associated withThe Solar Dynamo

Sources

Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

• NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration

  Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.

  Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.