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We present an improved formula for the anomalous radial velocity of the star during planetary transits due to the Rossiter-McLaughlin (RM) effect. The improvement comes from a more realistic description of the stellar absorption line…

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The effects of the resonant magnetic perturbations (RMPs) on the turbulent transport are analyzed in the framework of the test particle approach using a semi-analytical method. The normalized RMP amplitude $P_{b}$ extends on a large range,…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-08-24 Madalina Vlad , Florin Spineanu

The effects of rapid rotation on stellar evolution can be profound. We are now beginning to gather enough data to allow a realistic comparison between different physical models. Two key tests for any theory of stellar rotation are first…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-30 Adrian T. Potter , Christopher A. Tout , John J. Eldridge

As a fundamental astrophysical process, the scattering of particles by turbulent magnetic fields has its physical foundation laid by the magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence theory. In the framework of the modern theory of MHD turbulence,…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2018-11-28 Siyao Xu , Alex Lazarian

This paper presents the results of a set of radiative hydrodynamic (RHD) simulations of convection in the near-surface regions of a rapidly rotating star. The simulations use microphysics consistent with stellar models, and include the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-06-10 Frank Robinson , Joel Tanner , Sarbani Basu

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

Rotation and magnetic fields in the cores of evolved massive stars in their final phase are thought to play an important role in the subsequent supernova explosion and the formation of a compact object, especially in hyperenergetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-30 Ryota Shimada , Lucy O. McNeill , Vishnu Varma , Keiichi Maeda , Takaaki Yokoyama , Bernhard Müller

3-D extended-MHD simulations of the magnetized ablative Rayleigh-Taylor instability are presented for the first time. Previous 2-D simulations claiming perturbation suppression by magnetic tension are shown to be misleading, as they do not…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Christopher A. Walsh

Magnetic reconnection requires, at least locally, a non-ideal plasma response. In collisionless space and astrophysical plasmas, turbulence could permit this instead of the too rare binary collisions. We investigated the influence of…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-05-25 Fabien Widmer , Jörg Büchner , Nobumitsu Yokoi

The observed star formation rate (SFR) in galaxies is well below what it should be if gravitational collapse alone were at play. It has recently been shown that one candidate that might regulate star formation, the feedback from massive…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2023-07-26 Noé Brucy , Patrick Hennebelle , Tine Colman , Simon Iteanu

Turbulence is ubiquitous in many astrophysical systems like galaxies, galaxy clusters and possibly even the IGM filaments. We study fluctuation dynamo action in turbulent systems focusing on one observational signature; the Faraday rotation…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2013-01-09 Pallavi Bhat , Kandaswamy Subramanian

The role of turbulent effects for dynamos in the Sun and stars continues to be debated. Mean-field (MF) theory provides a broadly used framework to connect these effects to fundamental magnetohydrodynamics. While inaccessible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-06 Jörn Warnecke , Matthias Rheinhardt , Mariangela Viviani , Frederick Gent , Simo Tuomisto , Maarit J. Käpylä

We perform global three-dimensional simulations of accretion disks integrating the compressible, non-viscous, but diffusive MHD equations. The disk is supposed to be isothermal. We make use of the ZEUS-3D code integrating the MHD equations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 R. Arlt , G. Rudiger

The magnetorotational instability is thought to be responsible for the generation of magnetohydrodynamic turbulence that leads to enhanced outward angular momentum transport in accretion discs. Here, we present the first formal analytical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Martin E. Pessah , Chi-kwan Chan , Dimitrios Psaltis

We studied roles of a turbulent resistivity in the core-collapse of a strongly magnetized massive star, carrying out 2D-resistive-MHD simulations. The three cases with different initial strengths of magnetic field and rotation are…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-12 Hidetomo Sawai , Shoichi Yamada , Kei Kotake , Hideyuki Suzuki

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

We use two-dimensional axisymmetric magnetohydrodynamic simulations to compute steady-state solutions for solar-like stellar winds from rotating stars with dipolar magnetic fields. Our parameter study includes 50 simulations covering a wide…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Sean P. Matt , Keith B. MacGregor , Marc H. Pinsonneault , Thomas P. Greene

The turbulent diffusion tensor describing the evolution of the mean concentration of a passive scalar is investigated for non-helically forced turbulence in the presence of rotation or a magnetic field. With rotation, the Coriolis force…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-09 Axel Brandenburg , Andreas Svedin , Geoffrey M. Vasil

The velocity fluctuations in a spherical shell arising from sinusoidal perturbations of a Keplerian shear flow with a free amplitude parameter \epsilon are studied numerically by means of fully 3D nonlinear simulations. The investigations…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-06 G. Rudiger , A. Drecker

The particle inertial effects on turbulence modulation in particle-laden channel flow are investigated through four-way coupled point-particle direct numerical simulations, with the mass loading fixed at $0.6$ and friction Stokes number…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2025-01-28 Zi-Mo Liao , Feng-Hui Lin , Luoqin Liu , Nan-Sheng Liu , Xi-Yun Lu