Activity variation driven by flux emergence and transport on Sun-like stars
Abstract
In G dwarfs, the surface distribution, coverage and lifetimes of starspots deviate from solar-like patterns as the rotation rate increases. We set up a numerical platform which includes the large-scale rotational and surface flow effects, aiming to simulate evolving surface patterns over an activity cycle for up to 8 times the solar rotation and flux emergence rates. At the base of the convection zone, we assume a solar projected butterfly diagram. We then follow the rotationally distorted trajectories of rising thin flux tubes to obtain latitudes and tilt angles. Using them as source distributions, we run a surface flux transport model with solar parameters. Our model predicts surface distributions of the signed radial fields and the starspots that qualitatively agree with observations.
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@article{arxiv.1812.08976,
title = {Activity variation driven by flux emergence and transport on Sun-like stars},
author = {Emre Işık and Sami K. Solanki and Natalie A. Krivova and Alexander I. Shapiro},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.08976},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
3 pages, 3 figures; submitted to Proceedings of the 20th Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar Systems, and the Sun; ed. S. Wolk. This (newest) version has a reference update