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We review recent insights into the dynamics of the solar convection zone obtained from global numerical simulations, focusing on two recent developments in particular. The first is quasi-cyclic magnetic activity in a long-duration dynamo…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Mark S. Miesch , Benjamin P. Brown , Matthew K. Browning , Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre

Context: Rotating anisotropic convection generates differential rotation in stellar convection zones. Aims: The main aim is to compute the non-diffusive contribution ($\Lambda$ effect) to angular momentum transport, described by Reynolds…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-11 P. J. Käpylä

Meridional flow is thought to play a very important role in the dynamics of the solar convection zone; however, because of its relatively small amplitude, precisely measuring it poses a significant challenge. Here we present a complete…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-02 J. Jackiewicz , A. Serebryanskiy , S. Kholikov

Meridional circulation is a crucial component of the Sun's internal dynamics, but its inference in the deep interior is complicated by a systematic center-to-limb effect in helioseismic measurement techniques. Previously, an empirical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-11-15 Ruizhu Chen , Junwei Zhao

The solar activity cycle is successfully modeled by the flux transport dynamo, in which the meridional circulation of the Sun plays an important role. Most of the kinematic dynamo simulations assume a one-cell structure of the meridional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-02-05 Gopal Hazra , Bidya Binay Karak , Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Solar magnetic fields comprise an 11-year activity cycle, represented by the number of sunspots. The maintenance of such a solar magnetic field can be attributed to fluid motion in the convection zone, i.e. a dynamo. This study conducts the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-08-24 Ryota Shimada , Hideyuki Hotta , Takaaki Yokoyama

A mean-field theory of differential rotation in a density stratified turbulent convection has been developed. This theory is based on a combined effect of the turbulent heat flux and anisotropy of turbulent convection on the Reynolds…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2020-04-17 I. Rogachevskii , N. Kleeorin

Time-dependent meridional circulation and differential rotation in radiative zones are central open issues in stellar evolution theory. We streamline this challenging problem using the downward control principle of atmospheric science,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-18 Deepayan Banik , Kristen Menou

Employing the standard solar interior model as input we construct a dynamically-consistent nonlinear dynamo model that takes into account the detailed description of the \Lambda- effect, turbulent pumping, magnetic helicity balance, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-31 V. V. Pipin

Observations of the meridional circulation of the Sun, which plays a key role in the operation of the solar dynamo, indicate that its speed varies with the solar cycle, becoming faster during the solar minima and slower during the solar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-10-11 Gopal Hazra , Arnab Rai Choudhuri

We study the variation of surface differential rotation and meridional flow along the lower part of the zero age main sequence (ZAMS). We first compute a sequence of stellar models with masses from 0.3 to 1.5 solar masses. We then construct…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 M. Kueker , G. Ruediger

The radial gradient of the rotation rate in the near-surface shear layer (NSSL) of the Sun is independent of latitude and radius. Theoretical mean-field models have been successful in explaining this property of the solar NSSL, while global…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-01 A. Barekat , M. J. Käpylä , P. J. Käpylä , E. P. Gilson , H. Ji

To explore the physics of large-scale flows in solar-like stars, we perform 3D anelastic simulations of rotating convection for global models with stratification resembling the solar interior. The numerical method is based on an implicit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-10 G. Guerrero , P. K. Smolarkiewicz , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour

The most widely accepted model of the solar cycle is the flux transport dynamo model. This model evolved out of the traditional $\alpha \Omega$ dynamo model which was first developed at a time when the existence of the Sun's meridional…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Gopal Hazra , Dibyendu Nandy , Leonid Kitchatinov , Arnab Rai Choudhuri

The meridional circulation of the solar magnetic fields in Solar Cycles 21-24 was considered. Data from both ground-based and space observatories were used. Three types of time-latitude distributions of photospheric magnetic fields and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-17 Irina A. Bilenko

We measure the eddy viscosity in the outermost layers of the solar convection zone by comparing the rotation law computed with the Reynolds stress resulting from f-plane simulations of the angular momentum transport in rotating convection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2016-08-16 G. Rüdiger , M. Küker , K. L. Chan

Sunspot position data obtained from Kanzelh\"{o}he Observatory for Solar and Environmental Research (KSO) sunspot drawings and white light images in the period 1964 to 2016 were used to calculate the rotational and meridional velocities of…

As a tool for understanding the meridional circulation of the atmosphere, a two-dimensional ( latitude -- height ) numerical model is used to clarify the relationship between the Hadley circulation and large-scale motions associated with…

ao-sci · Physics 2016-08-30 Masaki Satoh

The solar convection zone exhibits a strong level of differential rotation, whereby the rotation period of the polar regions is about 25-30% longer than the equatorial regions. The Coriolis force associated with these zonal flows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 P. Garaud , L. Acevedo-Arreguin

(abridged) Context. Turbulent fluxes of angular momentum and heat due to rotationally affected convection play a key role in determining differential rotation of stars. Here we perform a systematic comparison between Cartesian and spherical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-07 P. J. Käpylä , M. J. Mantere , G. Guerrero , A. Brandenburg , P. Chatterjee