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We derive analytical solutions and dispersion relations of global magnetic Poincar\'e (magneto-gravity) and magnetic Rossby waves in the approximation of shallow water magnetohydrodynamics. The solutions are obtained in a rotating spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester

The influence of a toroidal magnetic field on the dynamics of Rossby waves in a thin layer of ideal conductive fluid on a rotating sphere is studied in the "shallow water" magnetohydrodynamic approximation for the first time. Dispersion…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballester , B. M. Shergelashvili

Can atmospheric waves in planet-hosting solar-like stars substantially resonate to tidal forcing? Substantially at a level of impacting the space weather or even of being dynamo-relevant? In particular, low-frequency Rossby waves, which…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 G. M. Horstmann , G. Mamatsashvili , A. Giesecke , T. V. Zaqarashvili , F. Stefani

The activity of Sun-like stars is governed by the magnetic field, which is believed to be generated in a thin layer between convective and radiative envelopes. The dynamo layer, also called the tachocline, permits the existence of Rossby…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-13 T. V. Zaqarashvili , M. Dikpati , P. A. Gilman

Apart from the 11-year solar cycle, another periodicity around 155-160 days was discovered during solar cycle 21 in high energy solar flares, and its presence in sunspot areas and strong magnetic flux has been also reported. This…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 T. V. Zaqarashvili , M. Carbonell , R. Oliver , J. L. Ballster

Rossby waves arise due to the conservation of total vorticity in rotating fluids and may govern the large-scale dynamics of stellar interiors. Recent space missions collected huge information about the light curves and activity of many…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-15 M. Albekioni , T. V. Zaqarashvili , V. Kukhianidze

We explore how thermal Rossby waves propagate within the gravitationally stratified atmosphere of a low-mass star with an outer convective envelope. Under the conditions of slow, rotationally constrained dynamics, we derive a local…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-11 Bradley W. Hindman , Rekha Jain

The energy dissipation of wave-like tidal flows in the convective envelope of low-mass stars is one of the key physical mechanisms that shape the orbital and rotational dynamics of short-period planetary systems. Tidal flows, and the…

The influence of a toroidal magnetic field on the dynamics of shallow water waves in the solar tachocline is studied. A sub-adiabatic temperature gradient in the upper overshoot layer of the tachocline causes significant reduction of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-04-09 T. V. Zaqarashvili

Long-term records of sunspot number and concentrations of cosmogenic radionuclides (10Be and 14C) on the Earth reveal the variation of the Sun's magnetic activity over hundreds and thousands of years. We identify several clear periods in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 T. V. Zaqarashvili , R. Oliver , A. Hanslmeier , M. Carbonell , J. L. Ballester , T. Gachechiladze , I. G. Usoskin

Observations show that faster-rotating stars tend to have stronger magnetic activity and shorter magnetic cycles. The cyclical magnetic activity of the Sun and stars is believed to be driven by the dynamo process. The success of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-06-05 Zebin Zhang , Jie Jiang , Leonid Kitchatinov

Observations by recent space missions reported the detection of Rossby waves (r-modes) in light curves of many stars (mostly A, B, and F spectral types) with outer radiative envelope. This paper aims to study the theoretical dynamics of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-20 M. Albekioni , T. V. Zaqarashvili , V. Kukhianidze , E. Gurgenashvili , P. Bourdin

Context. The influence of magnetic fields on stellar evolution remains unresolved. It has been proposed that if there is a large-scale magnetic field in the stellar interior, torsional waves could arise, efficiently transporting angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-09 Koh Takahashi , Norbert Langer

Tidal dissipation in stars is one of the key physical mechanisms that drive the evolution of binary and multiple stars. As in the Earth oceans, it corresponds to the resonant excitation of their eigenmodes of oscillation and their damping.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 P. Auclair-Desrotour , S. Mathis , C. Le Poncin-Lafitte

Fast rotating cool stars are characterised by high magnetic activity levels and frequently show dark spots up to polar latitudes. Their distinctive surface distributions of magnetic flux are investigated in the context of the solar-stellar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 V. Holzwarth

Using an analytic model, we derive the eigenfrequencies for thermal Rossby waves that are trapped radially and latitudinally in an isentropically stratified atmosphere. We ignore the star's curvature and work in an equatorial f-plane…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-25 Rekha Jain , Bradley W. Hindman

Stellar tachoclines are thin regions located between the radiative core and the convective envelope of solar-type stars. They are defined as layers where the rotation of the radiative interior transitions to the differential rotation of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-21 Camille Moisset , Stéphane Mathis , Louis Amard

A linear analysis of baroclinic instability in a stellar radiation zone with radial differential rotation is performed. The instability onsets at a very small rotation inhomogeneity. There are two families of unstable disturbances…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-17 L. L. Kitchatinov

Star-planet tidal interactions may result in the excitation of inertial waves in the convective region of stars. Their dissipation plays a prominent role in the long-term orbital evolution of short-period planets. If the star is assumed to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-14 M. Guenel , C. Baruteau , S. Mathis , M. Rieutord

Turbulent friction in convective regions in stars and planets is one of the key physical mechanisms that drive the dissipation of the kinetic energy of tidal flows in their interiors and the evolution of their systems. This friction acts…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-20 Stéphane Mathis , Pierre Auclair-Desrotour , Mathieu Guenel , Florian Gallet , Christophe Le Poncin-Lafitte
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