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We examine the generation of gravity waves by the surface convection zone of low-mass main sequence stars with solar metallicity. It is found that the total momentum luminosity in waves rises with stellar mass, up to the quasi-disappearance…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-19 Suzanne Talon , Corinne Charbonnel

Asteroseismology has become a powerful tool in stellar astrophysics, offering unprecedented insights into the internal structures and dynamics of stars. It enables precise characterization of stellar interiors across a wide range of stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-06 M. Esseldeurs , J. Ahuir , L. Amard , S. Mathis , L. Decin

Internal gravity waves propagate in stellar radiative zones and transport angular momentum throughout the evolution of stars, shaping the internal rotation pro le of these regions. We use the analytical study of Andre\'e et al. (2018) to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-23 Q. André , S. Mathis , L. Amard

We present two-dimensional numerical simulations of convection and waves in a 7 solar mass star across stellar ages ranging from zero age to terminal-age-main-sequence. We show that waves efficiently transport angular momentum across the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-04-08 Tamara Marie Rogers , Rathish Previn Ratnasingam

Here we present a study of radial chemical mixing in non-rotating massive main-sequence stars driven by internal gravity waves (IGWs), based on multi-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations with the fully compressible code MUSIC. We examine…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-08 Jack Morton , Thomas Guillet , Isabelle Baraffe , Adrien Morison , Arthur Le Saux , Dimitar Vlaykov , Tom Goffrey , Jane Pratt

Internal gravity waves (IGWs) have been shown to contribute to the transport of chemical elements in stars with a convective core and radiative envelope. Recent 2D hydrodynamical simulations of convection in intermediate-mass stars have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-03-26 J. S. G. Mombarg , A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam

We calculate the flux of internal gravity waves (IGWs) generated by turbulent convection in stars. We solve for the IGW eigenfunctions analytically near the radiative-convective interface in a local, Boussinesq, and cartesian domain. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Daniel Lecoanet , Eliot Quataert

This is the fourth in a series of papers that deal with angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves in stellar interiors. Here, we want to examine the potential role of waves in other evolutionary phases than the main sequence. We…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Suzanne Talon , Corinne Charbonnel

Internal waves propagating in stellar radiative zones can lead to efficient angular momentum transport, that should occur throughout the whole lifetime of stars. They thus play a key role in shaping the internal rotation profile of these…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-08 Q. André , S. Mathis , L. Amard

We calculate the excitation of low frequency gravity waves by turbulent convection in the sun and the effect of the angular momentum carried by these waves on the rotation profile of the sun's radiative interior. We find that the gravity…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-28 Pawan Kumar , Eliot J. Quataert

This is the third in a series of papers that deal with angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves. We concentrate on the waves excited by core convection in a 3Msun, Pop I main sequence star. Here, we want to examine the role of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Florian P. Pantillon , Suzanne Talon , Corinne Charbonnel

The revolution of helio- and asteroseismology provides access to the detailed properties of stellar interiors by studying the star's oscillation modes. Among them, gravity (g) modes are formed by constructive interferences between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-23 L. Alvan , A. Strugarek , A. S. Brun , S. Mathis , R. A. Garcia

Magnetism is thought to play an important role in the evolution and dynamics of stars, though little is known about magnetic fields deep within stellar interiors. A promising avenue for probing these fields uses asteroseismic observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Cy S. David , Daniel Lecoanet , Pascale Garaud

Gravity waves (or their signatures) are detected in stars thanks to helio- and asteroseismology and they may play an important role in the evolution of stellar angular momentum. Moreover, the observational study of the CoRoT target HD51452…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 Stéphane Mathis , Coralie Neiner , Nguyet Tran Minh

Context. Massive stars are predicted to excite internal gravity waves (IGWs) by turbulent core convection and from turbulent pressure fluctuations in their near-surface layers. These IGWs are extremely efficient at transporting angular…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 D. M. Bowman , S. Burssens , S. Simón-Díaz , P. V. F. Edelmann , T. M. Rogers , L. Horst , F. K. Roepke , C. Aerts

The core rotation rates of massive stars have a substantial impact on the nature of core-collapse supernovae and their compact remnants. We demonstrate that internal gravity waves (IGW), excited via envelope convection during a red…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-09-08 Jim Fuller , Matteo Cantiello , Daniel Lecoanet , Eliot Quataert

Stars lose a significant amount of angular momentum between birth and death, implying that efficient processes transporting it from the core to the surface are active. Space asteroseismology delivered the interior rotation rates of more…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-08-29 Conny Aerts , Stephane Mathis , Tamara Rogers

The internal gravity waves of low frequency which are emitted at the base of the solar convection zone are able to extract angular momentum from the radiative interior. We evaluate this transport with some simplifying assumptions: we ignore…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Jean-Paul Zahn , Suzanne Talon , Jose Matias

Context: Intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars influence Galactic lithium evolution by ejecting surface material (including Li) via stellar winds. Internal gravity waves (IGW), excited by convective motions, drive turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Zhijun Wang , Guoliang Lü , Chunhua Zhu , Sufen Guo , Helei Liu , Xizhen Lu

Internal gravity waves (IGWs) can cause mixing in the radiative interiors of stars. We study this mixing by introducing tracer particles into two - dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic simulations. Following the work of Rogers & McElwaine (2017),…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-18 A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam , R. Vanon , P. V. F. Edelmann , T. M. Rogers