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Subsurface Evolution of Emerging Magnetic Fields Yuhong Fan (HAO/NCAR) Outline Statement of the problem Overview of results from the thin flux tube model and from MHD simulations in local Cartesian geometries New preliminary results from 3D MHD simulations of emerging magnetic fields in a rotating spherical model solar convective envelope. New results on the post-emergence evolution of sunspot flux tubes based on similarity flux tube solutions: dynamic disconnection. The Thin Flux Tube Model Thin flux tube approximation: all physical quantities are averages over the tube cross-section, solve for the mean motion of each tube segment under the relevant forces: Results: Field strength of the toroidal magnetic field at the base of SCZ is of order Tilt of the emerging loop: active region tilts, Joy’s law Asymmetric inclination of the two sides of the emerging loop Asymmetric field strength between the two sides of the loop MHD Simulations in Local Cartesian Geometries Anelastic MHD Simulations in a Spherical Shell Can determined from photosphere vector magnetic fields be used to determined the true twist of active region flux tubes ? (leka et al. 2005) Thin flux tube assumptions: However, flux tubes at photosphere are not thin. consider e.g. the simple Gold Hoyle flux tube: corresponds to an average of and tends to under-estimate Summary and Conclusions Future work * High Altitude Observatory (HAO) – National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) The National Center for Atmospheric Research is operated by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. An Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Figure by George Fisher Full disk magnetogram from KPNO For 2D horizontal tubes: twist rate , where (e.g. Moreno-Insertis Emonet 1996, Fan et al. 1998; Longcope et al. 1999). For 3D arched f