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Three-dimensional numerical simulations of solar surface magnetoconvection using realistic model physics are conducted. The thermal structure of convective motions into the upper radiative layers of the photosphere, the main scales of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 Sergey D. Ustyugov

We present the first global, three-dimensional simulations of solar/stellar convection that take into account the influence of magnetic flux emergence by means of the Babcock-Leighton (BL) mechanism. We have shown that the inclusion of a BL…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Mark S. Miesch , Benjamin P. Brown

The coexistence of motions on various scales is a remarkable feature of solar convection, which should be taken into account in analyses of the dynamics of magnetic fields. Therefore, it is important to investigate the factors responsible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-15 O. V. Shcheritsa , A. V. Getling , O. S. Mazhorova

Solar modelling has long been split into ''internal'' and ''surface'' modelling, because of the lack of tools to connect the very different scales in space and time, as well as the widely different environments and dominating physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-18 Andrius Popovas , Åke Nordlund , Mikolaj Szydlarski

The aim of this paper is to improve our understanding of the heating mechanisms of the solar chromosphere via realistic three-dimensional (3D) modeling of solar magneto-convection, considering the fact that solar plasma contains a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 E. Khomenko , N. Vitas , M. Collados , M. Modestov

We introduce one-center method in spherical coordinates to carry out Hartree-Fock calculations. Both the radial wave function and the angular wave function are expanded by B-splines, and the radial knots and angular knots are adjusted to…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2013-08-30 Shi-lin Hu , Zeng-xiu Zhao , Ting-yun Shi

Context: The paradigm of convection in solar-like stars is questioned based on recent solar observations. Aims: The primary aim is to study the effects of surface-driven entropy rain on convection zone structure and flows. Methods:…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-11 P. J. Käpylä

The development of 2D and 3D simulations of solar convection has lead to a picture of convection quite unlike the usually assumed Kolmogorov spectrum turbulent flow. We investigate the impact of this changed structure on the dissipation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2012-05-14 Kaloyan Penev , Dimitar Sasselov , Frank Robinson , Pierre Demarque

Understanding solar turbulent convection and its influence on differential rotation has been a challenge over the past two decades. Current models often overestimate giant convection cells amplitude, leading to an effective Rossby number…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-12 Quentin Noraz , Allan Sacha Brun , Antoine Strugarek

In this work, we present some new integration formulas for any order of accuracy as an application of the B-spline relations obtained in [1]. The resulting rules are defined as a perturbation of the trapezoidal integration method. We prove…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-05-21 Dionisio F. Yáñez

Three-dimensional large eddy simulations of solar surface convection using realistic model physics are conducted. The thermal structure of convective motions into the upper radiative layers of the photosphere, the range of convection cell…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-10-17 Sergey Ustyugov

Several types of inertial modes have been detected on the Sun. Properties of these inertial modes have been studied in the linear regime but have not been studied in nonlinear simulations of solar rotating convection. Comparing the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Yuto Bekki , Robert H. Cameron , Laurent Gizon

In the solar convection zone acoustic waves are scattered by turbulent sound speed fluctuations. In this paper the scattering of waves by convective cells is treated using Rytov's technique. Particular care is taken to include diffraction…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 M. Brüggen

We perform 2D, fully compressible, time-implicit simulations of convection in a solar-like model with the MUSIC code. Our main motivation is to explore the impact of a common tactic adopted in numerical simulations of convection that use…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-27 I. Baraffe , J. Pratt , D. G. Vlaykov , T. Guillet , T. Goffrey , A. Le Saux , T. Constantino

We perform a two-dimensional inversion of f-mode travel times to determine near-surface solar flows. The inversion is based on optimally localized averaging of travel times. We use finite-wavelength travel-time sensitivity functions and a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Jackiewicz , L. Gizon , A. C. Birch , M. J. Thompson

An overview is given about recent developments and results of comprehensive simulations of magneto-convective processes in the near-surface layers and photosphere of the Sun. Simulations now cover a wide range of phenomena, from whole…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Manfred Schüssler

The meridional flow in the Sun is an axisymmetric flow that is generally poleward directed at the surface, and is presumed to be of fundamental importance in the generation and transport of magnetic fields. Its true shape and strength,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Thomas Hartlep , Junwei Zhao , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Nagi N. Mansour

Large-scale plasma flows in the Sun's convection zone likely play a major role in solar dynamics on decadal timescales. In particular, quantifying meridional motions is a critical ingredient for understanding the solar cycle and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Shukur Kholikov , Alexander Serebryanskiy , Jason Jackiewicz

The observed convective flows on the photosphere (e.g., supergranulation, granulation) play a key role in the Babcock-Leighton (BL) process to generate large-scale polar fields from sunspots fields. In most surface flux transport (SFT) and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-09-17 Gopal Hazra , Mark Miesch

We present a formalism for investigating the interaction between pmode oscillations and convection by analyzing realistic, three-dimensional simulations of the near-surface layers of the solar convection zone. By choosing suitable…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Å. Nordlund , R. F. Stein