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Stellar rotation on the main sequence is a complex function of mass and age, displaying multiple regimes whose physical origin remains only partially understood. In particular, the connection between the diversity of observed rotation rates…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-13 Ana Brito , Ilídio Lopes

The Sun's internal rotation {\Omega}(r,{\Theta}) has previously been measured using helioseismology techniques and found to be a complex function of co-latitude, {\theta}, and radius, r. From helioseismology and observations of apparently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-08 Ian Cunnyngham , Marcelo Emilio , Jeff Kuhn , Isabelle Scholl , Rock Bush

We perform Large eddy simulations of turbulent compressible convection in stellar-type convection zones by solving the Navi\'{e}r-Stokes equations in three dimensions. We estimate the extent of penetration into the stable layer above a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 Partha S. Pal , Harinder P. Singh , Kwing L. Chan , M. P. Srivastava

Rotation plays an important role in stellar evolution. However, the mechanisms behind the transport of angular momentum in stars at various stages of their evolution are not well understood. To improve our understanding of these processes,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 V. Vanlaer , D. M. Bowman , S. Burssens , S. Bharati Das , L. Bugnet , S. Mathis , C. Aerts

We broaden the investigation of the dynamical properties of tidally perturbed, rotating star clusters by relaxing the traditional assumptions of coplanarity, alignment, and synchronicity between the internal and orbital angular velocity…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-01-31 Maria Tiongco , Enrico Vesperini , Anna Lisa Varri

Simulations of magnetohydrodynamics convection in slowly rotating stars predict anti-solar differential rotation (DR) in which the equator rotates slower than poles. This anti-solar DR in the usual $\alpha \Omega$ dynamo model does not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-01 Bidya Binay Karak , Aparna Tomar , Vindya Vashishth

In solar-like stars, acoustic modes provide the main way of probing their internal structure and dynamics. Although these modes are expected to be ubiquitous in stars with convective envelopes, Kepler observations reveal that a significant…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-30 Arthur Le Saux , Leïla Bessila , Stéphane Mathis

Asteroseismic observations of internal stellar rotation have indicated a substantial lack of angular momentum transport in theoretical models of subgiant and red-giant stars. Accurate core and surface rotation rate measurements are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-12-14 F. Ahlborn , E. P. Bellinger , S. Hekker , S. Basu , D. Mokrytska

We develop equations and obtain solutions for the structure and evolution of a protodisc region that is initially formed with no radial motion and super-Keplerian rotation speed when wind material from a hot rotating star is channelled…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 M. Maheswaran , J. P. Cassinelli

Transport of angular momentum in stellar interiors is currently not well understood. Asteroseismology can provide us with estimates of internal rotation of stars and thereby advances our understanding of angular momentum transport. We can…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-22 F. Ahlborn , E. P. Bellinger , S. Hekker , S. Basu , G. C. Angelou

Thanks to their high quality, new and upcoming asteroseismic observations - with CoRoT, Kepler, and from the ground... - can benefit from the experience gained with helioseismology. We focus in this paper on solar-like oscillations, for…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-02 J. Ballot , T. Appourchaux , T. Toutain , M. Guittet

Main sequence, solar-like stars (M < 1.5 Msun) have outer convective envelopes that are sufficiently thick to affect significantly their overall structure. The radii of these stars, in particular, are sensitive to the details of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-12-26 F. Spada , P. Demarque , S. Basu , J. D. Tanner

Increasing evidence is becoming available about not only the surface differential rotation of rapidly rotating cool stars but, in a small number of cases, also about temporal variations, which possibly are analogous to the solar torsional…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 E. Covas , D. Moss , R. Tavakol

This work aims at presenting the first two-dimensional models of an isolated rapidly rotating star that include the derivation of the differential rotation and meridional circulation in a self-consistent way.We use spectral methods in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 F. Espinosa Lara , M. Rieutord

We present rotation periods for thousands of active stars in the Kepler field derived from Q3 data. In most cases a second period close to the rotation period was detected, which we interpreted as surface differential rotation (DR). Active…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-16 Timo Reinhold , Ansgar Reiners , Gibor Basri

Recent photometric observations of massive stars have identified a low-frequency power excess which appears as stochastic low-frequency variability in light curve observations. We present the oscillation properties of high resolution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-05-01 William Thompson , Falk Herwig , Paul R. Woodward , Huaqing Mao , Pavel Denissenkov , Dominic M. Bowman , Simon Blouin

The nonlinear coupling between stellar convection and rotation is of great interest because it relates to understanding both stellar evolution and activity. We investigated the influence of rotation and the Coriolis force on the dynamics…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-12 Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Alan A. Wray

The spectral energy distribution (SED) of a non-spherical star could differ significantly from the SED of a spherical star with the same average temperature and luminosity. Calculation of the SED of a deformed star is often approximated as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 C. C. Lovekin , R. G. Deupree , C. I. Short

We compute the differential rotation of main sequence stars of the spectral types F, G, K, and M by solving the equation of motion and the equation of convective heat transport in a mean-field formulation. For each spectral type the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 M. Kueker , G. Ruediger

The intense turbulence present in the solar convection zone is a major challenge to both theory and simulation as one tries to understand the origins of the striking differential rotation profile with radius and latitude that has been…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre