The origin and mechanism of the Sun’s magnetic field still an unsolved mystery using the current model [1]

The origin and mechanism of sunspots, solar flares and heating of the corona to millions of degrees remains a mystery under the current standard solar model. In the past 95 years several theories were proposed, but none could really explain the origin and how the Sun’s magnetic field is generated.

The first serious theory that tried to solve this problem was introduced by Larmor in 1919. He proposed that the motion of charged particles on the solar surface create magnetic fields, like current flowing in a wire. But this was soon dismissed by T.S Cowling on the grounds that these "dynamo fields" cannot be self-sustaining due to the resistance of the solar gases. In other words, the solar plasma would dissipate the magnetic fields almost as quickly as they tried to form.

Early in the second half of the 20th century, Eugene Parker proposed another solution to the solar magnetic fields. This became known as the "Parker Solar Dynamo Theory". Parker’s theory was based on the idea that currents of charged particles in the convective zone would induce magnetic fields and these fields would rise to the surface. Along the way t...