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We investigate the plasma flow properties inside a Supergranular (SG) cell, in particular its interaction with small scale magnetic field structures. The SG cell has been identified using the magnetic network (CaII wing brightness) as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Dario Del Moro , Silvia Giordano , Francesco Berrilli

Faraday waves are capillary ripples that form on the surface of a fluid being subject to vertical shaking. Although it is well known that the form and shape of the waves pattern depend on driving amplitude and frequency, only recent studies…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-08-19 Raffaele Colombi , Michael Schlüter , Alexandra von Kameke

Magnetic flux emergence from the convection zone into the photosphere and beyond is a critical component of the behaviour of large-scale solar magnetism. Flux rarely emerges amid field-free areas at the surface, but when it does, the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-04 Prasad Mani , Chris S. Hanson , Siddarth Dhanpal , Shravan Hanasoge , Srijan Bharati Das , Matthias Rempel

I represent results three-dimensional numerical simulation of solar surface convection on scales local supergranulation with realistic model physics. I study thermal structure of convective motions in photosphere, the range of convection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Sergey Ustyugov

Context. The spatial power spectrum of supergranulation does not fully characterize the underlying physics of turbulent convection. For example, it does not describe the non-Gaussianity in the horizontal flow divergence. Aims. Our aim is to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-04-01 Vincent G. A. Böning , Aaron C. Birch , Laurent Gizon , Thomas L. Duvall , Jesper Schou

We analyze spectral properties of solar convection in the range of depths from 0 to 19~Mm using subsurface flow maps obtained by the time-distance heiioseismology analysis of solar-oscillation data from the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-03-01 Alexander V. Getling , Alexander G. Kosovichev

Kilogauss-strength magnetic fields are often observed in intergranular lanes at the photosphere in the quiet Sun. Such fields are stronger than the equipartition field $B_e$, corresponding to a magnetic energy density that matches the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 P. J. Bushby , S. M. Houghton , M. R. E. Proctor , N. O. Weiss

Continued progress in observational stellar astrophysics requires a deep understanding of the underlying convection dynamics. We present results of realistic 3D radiative hydrodynamic simulations of the outer layers of a moderate mass star…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-04-27 Irina N. Kitiashvili , Alexander G. Kosovichev , Nagi N. Mansour , Alan A. Wray

Supergranulation is one of the most visible length scales of solar convection and has been studied extensively by local helioseismology. We use synthetic data computed with the Seismic Propagation through Active Regions and Convection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 D. E. Dombroski , A. C. Birch , D. C. Braun , S. M. Hanasoge

In the surface layers of late-type stars, stellar convection is manifested with its typical granulation pattern due to the presence of convective motions. The resulting photospheric up- and downflows leave imprints in the observed spectral…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-30 Zazralt Magic , Martin Asplund

Magneto-convection simulations on meso-granule and granule scales near the solar surface are used to study small scale dynamo activity, the emergence and disappearance of magnetic flux tubes, and the formation and evolution of micropores.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Robert F. Stein , Aake Nordlund

Solar granules are bright patterns surrounded by dark channels called intergranular lanes in the solar photosphere and are a manifestation of overshooting convection. Observational studies generally find stronger upflows in granules and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-01 T. Oba , T. L. Riethmüller , S. K. Solanki , Y. Iida , C. Quintero Noda , T. Shimizu

The vertical flow structure in the galactic center region remains poorly understood. We analyzed the MHD simulation data by Suzuki et al. (2015) for better understanding. As a result, we found the fast downflows with a speed of ~100 km/s…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2017-02-22 Kensuke Kakiuchi , Takeru K. Suzuki , Yasuo Fukui , Kazufumi Torii , Mami Machida , Ryoji Matsumoto

Gas convection is observed in the solar photosphere as the granulation, i.e., having highly time-dependent cellular patterns, consisting of numerous bright cells called granules and dark surrounding-channels called intergranular lanes. Many…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-04 T. Oba , Y. Iida , T. Shimizu

We produce a 10-day series of simulated Doppler images at a 15-minute cadence that reproduces the spatial and temporal characteristics seen in the SOHO/MDI Doppler data. Our simulated data contains a spectrum of cellular flows with but two…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2010-03-23 David H. Hathaway , Peter E. Williams , Manfred Cuntz

Despite of remarkable successes the theory of superfluidity, until now we have no a physical explanation of an opportunity of existence of viscousless flow of liquid helium in viscous medium. The existence of superfluid flow becomes…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 Yu. L. Klimontovich

Magneto-convection simulations with two scenarios have been performed: In one, horizontal magnetic field is advected into the computational domain by fluid entering at the bottom. In the other, an initially uniform vertical magnetic field…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 Robert F. Stein , David Bercik , Aake Nordlund

Supergranulation is a component of solar convection that manifests itself on the photosphere as a cellular network of around 35 Mm across, with a turnover lifetime of 1-2 days. It is strongly linked to the structure of the magnetic field.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Peter E. Williams , W. Dean Pesnell

The outer surface layers of the sun show a clear deceleration at low latitudes. This is generally thought to be the result of a strong dominance of vertical turbulent motions associated with strong downdrafts. This strong negative radial…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Axel Brandenburg

The aim of this work is to give new observational constraints on solar surface flows by determining the horizontal scale dependence of the velocity and intensity fields, as represented by their power spectra, and to offer some theoretical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 M. Rieutord , T. Roudier , F. Rincon , J. -M. Malherbe , N. Meunier , T. Berger , Z. Frank