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Induced gravitational waves provide a powerful probe of primordial perturbations in the early universe through their distinctive spectral properties. We analyze the spectral energy density $\Omega_{\text{GW}}$ of gravitational waves induced…

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Convection in the solar interior is thought to comprise structures on a spectrum of scales. This conclusion emerges from phenomenological studies and numerical simulations, though neither covers the proper range of dynamical parameters of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Shravan Hanasoge , Thomas L. Duvall , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

The condition of internal gravity waves (IGW) parametric excitation in the rotating fluid layer heated from above, with the layer vibration along the vertical axis or with periodic modulation in time of the vertical temperature…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2013-08-28 Sergey G. Chefranov , Alexander G. Chefranov

Here we show that there exist internal gravity waves that are inherently unstable, that is, they cannot exist in nature for a long time. The instability mechanism is a one-way (irreversible) harmonic-generation resonance that permanently…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2017-03-08 Y. Liang , Ahmad Zareei , M. -R. Alam

We study the internal wave propagation and transmission across the radiation-convection interface in a solar-type star by solving the linear perturbation equations of a self-gravitating and uniformly rotating polytropic fluid in spherical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 Yuru Xu , Xing Wei

Consistency relations of internal gravity waves (IGWs) describe ratios of cross-spectral quantities as functions of frequency. It has been a common practice to evaluate the measured or simulated signals (e.g., time series of velocity,…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-11-06 Guangyao Wang , Yue Wu , Yulin Pan , Kayhan Momeni , Joseph Skitka , Dimitris Menemenlis , Brian K. Arbic , William R. Peltier

There are no strong constraints placed thus far on the amplitude of internal gravity waves (IGWs) that are stochastically excited in the radiative interiors of solar-type stars. Late F-type stars have relatively thin convective envelopes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-09 Sylvain N. Breton , Allan Sacha Brun , Rafael A. García

We study the fate of internal gravity waves, which are excited by tidal forcing by a short-period planet at the interface of convection and radiation zones, approaching the centre of a solar-type star. We study at what amplitude these wave…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-18 A. J. Barker , G. I. Ogilvie

The solar chromosphere exhibits a variety of waves originating from the photosphere and deeper layers, causing oscillations at different heights with distinct frequencies. This study identifies and analyze Atmospheric Gravity Waves (AGWs)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-10 Ravi Chaurasiya , Ankala Raja Bayanna

Solar oscillations consist of a rich spectrum of internal acoustic waves and surface gravity waves, stochastically excited by turbulent convection. They have been monitored almost continuously over the last ten years with high-precision…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-26 L. Gizon

The conjecture is considered that every body induces the wave field which imposes oscillations on the gravitational potential of a body. The function for oscillations is chosen to prevent the gravitational collapse of the matter at the…

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The production of a stochastic background of gravitational waves is a fundamental prediction of any cosmological inflationary model. The features of such a signal encode unique information about the physics of the Early Universe and beyond,…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-05 Maria Chiara Guzzetti , Nicola Bartolo , Michele Liguori , Sabino Matarrese

Differential rotation plays a key role in stellar evolution by triggering hydrodynamical instabilities and large-scale motions that induce transport of chemicals and angular momentum and by modifying the propagation and the frequency…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-10 Vincent Prat , Stéphane Mathis , Kyle Augustson , François Lignières , Jérôme Ballot , Lucie Alvan , Allan Sacha Brun

Inertia-gravity waves (IGWs) play an essential role in the terrestrial atmospheric dynamics as they can lead to energy and momentum flux when propagating upwards. An open question is to which extent IGWs contribute to the total energy and…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 Costanza Rodda , Uwe Harlander

We present results of nonlinear numerical simulations of gravity wave driven shear flow oscillations in the equatorial plane of the solar radiative interior. These results show that many of the assumptions of quasi-linear theory are not…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. M. Rogers , K. B. MacGregor , G. A. Glatzmaier

Internal gravity waves (IGWs) can cause mixing in the radiative interiors of stars. We study this mixing by introducing tracer particles into two - dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic simulations. Following the work of Rogers & McElwaine (2017),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam , R. Vanon , P. V. F. Edelmann , T. M. Rogers

The solar radiative zone spin down problem is treated without internal gravity waves, IGW. The shear-only model of the Reynolds stresses adopted thus far in all calculations, is substituted by a shear vorticity model. The latter component…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-04 Vittorio Canuto

Sub-stellar objects exhibit photometric variability, which is believed to be caused by a number of processes, such as magnetically-driven spots or inhomogeneous cloud coverage. Recent models have shown that turbulent flows and waves,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-06-04 Amy Parent , Ruth E. Falconer , Elspeth K. H. Lee , Karen A. Meyer , Craig R. Stark

The possibility of measuring the internal rotation of the Sun and stars thanks to helio- and asteroseismology offers tremendous constraints on hydro- and magnetohydrodynamical processes acting in stellar interiors. Understanding the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-02-22 G. Buldgen , P. Eggenberger

Internal gravity waves play a primary role in geophysical fluids: they contribute significantly to mixing in the ocean and they redistribute energy and momentum in the middle atmosphere. Until recently, most studies were focused on plane…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2021-02-10 Thierry Dauxois , Sylvain Joubaud , Philippe Odier , Antoine Venaille