Solar surface magnetoconvection simulations: A brief review of solar dermatology

摘要

Rapid improvement in the speed of computers has enabled realistic simulations of magnetoconvective processes in the surface layers of the Sun. The simulations now cover a wide range of features found in observations. In many cases a direct comparison with the observations is justified, and in all cases our understanding and interpretation of the observations is being improved. Current and future opportunities and difficulties will be discussed.