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We present results from numerical simulations of the interaction of internal gravity waves (IGW) with magnetic fields in the radiative interior of the Sun. In this second paper, the waves are forced self-consistently by an overlying…

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The detection of upward propagating internal gravity waves at the base of the Sun's chromosphere has recently been reported by Straus et al., who postulated that these may efficiently couple to Alfven waves in magnetic regions. This may be…

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Observations of the solar atmosphere show that internal gravity waves are generated by overshooting convection, but are suppressed at locations of magnetic flux, which is thought to be the result of mode conversion into magneto-acoustic…

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We present evidence supporting wave reflection in the lower solar chromosphere based on helioseismic analysis of multi-height Doppler data. This evidence is derived through a wave propagation model that incorporates both upward- and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-29 Varun Chaturmutha , Bernhard Fleck , Stuart Jefferies

We present numerical simulations of penetrative convection and gravity wave excitation in the Sun. Gravity waves are self-consistently generated by a convective zone overlying a radiative interior. We produce power spectra for gravity waves…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Tamara M. Rogers , Gary A. Glatzmaier

Gravity waves are generated by turbulent subsurface convection overshooting or penetrating locally into a stably stratified medium. While propagating energy upwards, their characteristic negative phase shift over height is a well-recognized…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , S. P. Rajaguru

We calculate the angular momentum transport by gravito-inertial-Alfv\'en waves and show that, so long as prograde and retrograde gravity waves are excited to roughly the same amplitude, the sign of angular momentum deposit in the radiative…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Pawan Kumar , Suzanne Talon , Jean-Paul Zahn

We present self-consistent numerical simulations of the sun's convection zone and radiative interior using a two-dimensional model of its equatorial plane. The background reference state is a one-dimensional solar structure model. Turbulent…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Tamara M. Rogers , Gary A. Glatzmaier

The observed splittings of solar oscillation frequencies can be employed to separate the effects of internal solar rotation and to estimate the contribution from a large-scale magnetic field or any latitude-dependent thermal perturbation…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 H. M. Antia , S. M. Chitre , M. J. Thompson

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

The present study focuses on the interaction of gravity waves in the atmosphere with the tropopause. As the vertical extent of the latter is small compared to the density scale height, wave propagation is described by the Taylor-Goldstein…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-12-21 Christopher Pütz , Mark Schlutow , Rupert Klein , Vera Bense , Peter Spichtinger

We present 3D numerical simulations and an analytic model of reflection-driven MHD turbulence in the solar wind. Our simulations describe transverse, non-compressive MHD fluctuations within a narrow magnetic flux tube that extends from the…

Space Physics · Physics 2019-09-04 Benjamin D. G. Chandran , Jean C. Perez

The surprising thinness of the solar tachocline is still not understood with certainty today. Among the numerous possible scenarios suggested to explain its radial confinement, one hypothesis is based on Maxwell stresses that are exerted by…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-04-26 R. Barnabé , A. Strugarek , P. Charbonneau , A. S. Brun , J. -P. Zahn

We investigate wave propagation and energy transport in magnetic elements, which are representatives of small scale magnetic flux concentrations in the magnetic network on the Sun. This is a continuation of earlier work by Hasan et al.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 G. Vigeesh , S. S. Hasan , O. Steiner

Spherical solar dynamo simulations are performed. Self-consistent, fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic system with a stably stratified layer below the convective envelope is numerically solved with a newly developed simulation code based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Youhei Masada , Kohei Yamada , Akira Kageyama

Internal gravity waves have been observed in the Earth's atmosphere and oceans, on Mars and Jupiter, and in the Sun's atmosphere. Despite ample evidence for the existence of propagating gravity waves in the Sun's atmosphere, we still do not…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 Daniele Calchetti , Stuart M. Jefferies , Bernhard Fleck , Francesco Berrilli , Dmitriy V. Shcherbik

Alfv\'en waves are known to be important carriers of magnetic energy that could play a role in coronal heating and/or solar wind acceleration. As these waves are efficient energy carriers, how they are dissipated still remains one of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-22 Anmol Kumar , Thomas A. Howson , Paolo Pagano , Ineke De Moortel

We study the evolution of non-linear circularly polarised Alfven waves by solving numerically the time-dependent equations of magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) in one dimension. We examine the behaviour of the waves and find that different…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Rim Turkmani , Ulf Torkelsson

We present axisymmetric simulations of the coupled convective and radiative regions in the Sun in order to investigate the angular momentum evolution of the radiative interior. Both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic models were run. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 T. M. Rogers

The operation of the solar global dynamo appears to involve many dynamical elements. Self-consistent MHD simulations which realistically incorporate all of these processes are not yet computationally feasible, though some elements can now…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Allan Sacha Brun , Mark S. Miesch , Juri Toomre
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