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Some theoretical difficulties confronting the current model of the polar magnetic reversal by cancellation with the flux remnants of decaying active regions are discussed. It is shown that the flux transport equation does not adequately describe the essential physical consequences of the transport of large-scale fields, linked to deep subsurface toroids, over distances comparable with the solar radius. The possibility that subsurface reconnections may release these fields to form U-loops is discussed but it is shown that, in this event, the loops will quickly rise to the surface. Mechanisms whereby the flux may escape through the surface are considered.
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Wilson, P.R., McIntosh, P.S. & Snodgrass, H.B. The reversal of the solar polar magnetic fields. Sol Phys 127, 1–9 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00158510
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