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The solar surface is a continuous source of internal gravity waves (IGWs). IGWs are believed to supply the bulk of the wave energy for the lower solar atmosphere, but their existence and role for the energy balance of the upper layers is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-01-20 G. Vigeesh , M. Roth , O. Steiner , B. Fleck

We study the properties of internal gravity waves (IGWs) detected in synthetic observations that are obtained from realistic numerical simulation of the solar atmosphere. We used four different simulations of the solar magneto-convection…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-01-29 G. Vigeesh , M. Roth

Atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) are buoyancy-driven waves excited by turbulent convection and contribute to the dynamics and energy transport of the lower solar atmosphere. We present high-resolution, multi-wavelength observations from the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-25 Oana Vesa , Julio Morales , Jason Jackiewicz , Gangadharan Vigeesh , Kevin Reardon

Atmospheric gravity waves (AGWs) are low-frequency, buoyancy-driven waves that are generated by turbulent convection and propagate obliquely throughout the solar atmosphere. Their proposed energy contribution to the lower solar atmosphere…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-20 Oana Vesa , Jason Jackiewicz , Kevin Reardon

Intermediate-mass main sequence stars have large radiative envelopes overlying convective cores. This configuration allows internal gravity waves (IGWs) generated at the convective-radiative interface to propagate towards the stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-12 R. P. Ratnasingam , P. V. F. Edelmann , T. M. Rogers

Observations of the solar atmosphere show that internal gravity waves are generated by overshooting convection, but are suppressed at locations of magnetic flux, which is thought to be the result of mode conversion into magneto-acoustic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-02-01 G. Vigeesh , J. Jackiewicz , O. Steiner

The solar chromosphere exhibits a variety of waves originating from the photosphere and deeper layers, causing oscillations at different heights with distinct frequencies. This study identifies and analyze Atmospheric Gravity Waves (AGWs)…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-01-10 Ravi Chaurasiya , Ankala Raja Bayanna

Gravity waves are generated by turbulent subsurface convection overshooting or penetrating locally into a stably stratified medium. While propagating energy upwards, their characteristic negative phase shift over height is a well-recognized…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-26 Hirdesh Kumar , Brajesh Kumar , S. P. Rajaguru

Internal gravity waves (IGWs) are naturally produced by convection in stellar envelopes, and they could be an important mechanism for transporting angular momentum in the radiative interiors of stars. Prior work has established that they…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Pavel A. Denissenkov , Marc Pinsonneault , Keith B. MacGregor

Stars with masses above 1.6 solar masses generally possess convective cores and radiative envelopes, which allows the propagation of outward-travelling internal gravity waves. We have studied the generation and propagation of IGWs in such…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-21 R. P. Ratnasingam , T. M. Rogers , S. Chowdhury , G. Handler , R. Vanon , A. Varghese , P. V. F. Edelmann

We present results from numerical simulations of the interaction of internal gravity waves (IGW) with magnetic fields in the radiative interior of the Sun. In this second paper, the waves are forced self-consistently by an overlying…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 T. M. Rogers , K. B. MacGregor

The rich harvest of seismic observations over the past decade provides evidence of angular momentum redistribution in stellar interiors that is not reproduced by current evolution codes. In this context, transport by internal gravity waves…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-30 C. Pinçon , K. Belkacem , M. J. Goupil

Main-sequence intermediate-mass stars present a radiative envelope that supports internal gravity waves (IGWs). Excited at the boundary with the convective core, IGWs propagate towards the stellar surface and are suspected to impact…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-04-26 A. Le Saux , I. Baraffe , T. Guillet , D. G. Vlaykov , A. Morison , J. Pratt , T. Constantino , T. Goffrey

Internal gravity waves (hereafter IGWs) are studied for their impact on the angular momentum transport in stellar radiation zones and the information they provide about the structure and dynamics of deep stellar interiors. We here present…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-05-08 Lucie Alvan , Allan Sacha Brun , Stéphane Mathis

Asteroseismology probes the interiors of stars by studying oscillation modes at a star's surface. Although pulsation spectra are well understood for solar-like oscillators, a substantial fraction of red giant stars observed by Kepler…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-01-25 Daniel Lecoanet , Geoffrey M Vasil , Jim Fuller , Matteo Cantiello , Keaton J Burns

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

Atmospheric gravity waves (GWs) are generated in the lower atmosphere by various weather phenomena. They propagate upward, carry energy and momentum to higher altitudes, and appreciably influence the general circulation upon depositing them…

Space Physics · Physics 2020-12-29 Erdal Yiğit , Alexander S. Medvedev , Manfred Ern

We study the impact of internal gravity waves (IGW), meridional circulation, shear turbulence, and stellar contraction on the internal rotation profile and surface velocity evolution of solar metallicity low-mass pre-main sequence stars. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 C. Charbonnel , T. Decressin , L. Amard , A. Palacios , S. Talon

Inertia-gravity waves (IGWs) play an essential role in the terrestrial atmospheric dynamics as they can lead to energy and momentum flux when propagating upwards. An open question is to which extent IGWs contribute to the total energy and…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-10-12 Costanza Rodda , Uwe Harlander

We propose, for the first time, a two-dimensional model for the nonlinear coupling of internal gravity and thermal waves in the presence of temperature-dependent density inhomogeneity due to thermal expansion and thermal feedback in…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-11-04 S. Das Adhikary , A. P. Misra
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