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Aims: We develop a method for estimating the properties of stellar winds for low-mass main-sequence stars between masses of 0.4 and 1.1 solar masses at a range of distances from the star. Methods: We use 1D thermal pressure driven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-29 C. P. Johnstone , M. Güdel , T. Lüftinger , G. Toth , I. Brott

We characterize and analyze rotational torsional oscillations developing in a large-eddy magnetohydrodynamical simulation of solar convection (Ghizaru, Charbonneau, and Smolarkiewicz, Astrophys. J. Lett., 715, L133 (2010); Racine et al.,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 P. Beaudoin , P. Charbonneau , E. Racine , P. K. Smolarkiewicz

The objective of this paper is to investigate whether a convective dynamo can account quantitatively for the observed lower limit of X-ray surface flux in solar-type main sequence stars. Our approach is to use 3D numerical simulations of a…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 D. J. Bercik , G. H. FIsher , C. M. Johns-Krull , W. P. Abbett

The effect of temperature inhomogeneity on the periods, their ratios (fundamental vs. first overtone), and the damping times of the standing slow modes in gravitationally stratified solar coronal loops are studied. The effects of optically…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 A. Abedini , H. Safari , S. Nasiri

Oscillations of stellar p modes, excited by turbulent convection, are investigated. We take into account the asymmetry of the up and downflows created by turbulent plumes through an adapted closure model. In a companion paper, we apply it…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 K. Belkacem , R. Samadi , M. -J. Goupil , F. Kupka

Several types of inertial modes have been detected on the Sun. Properties of these inertial modes have been studied in the linear regime but have not been studied in nonlinear simulations of solar rotating convection. Comparing the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-19 Yuto Bekki , Robert H. Cameron , Laurent Gizon

We present here numerical simulations of surface solar convection which cover a box of 30$\times30\times$3.2 Mm$^3$ with a resolution of 315$\times315\times$82, which is used to investigate the dynamics of scales larger than granulation. No…

Astrophysics · Physics 2010-11-11 M. Rieutord , H. -G. Ludwig , T. Roudier , A. Nordlund , R. Stein

The heating of the solar wind is a key to understand its dynamics and acceleration process. The observed radial decrease of proton temperature in the solar wind is slow compared to the adiabatic prediction and it is thought to be caused by…

Space Physics · Physics 2026-03-03 Victor Montagud-Camps , Roland Grappin , Andrea Verdini

Thermal convection in rotating stars and planets drives anisotropic turbulence and differential rotation, both capable of feeding energy into global oscillations. Using 3D simulations of rotating convection in spherical shells, we show that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-06 J. R. Fuentes , Ankit Barik , Jim Fuller

The objective of this study is to develop a fully compressible magnetohydrodynamic solver for fast simulations of the global dynamo of the Sun using unstructured grids and GPUs. Accurate modeling of the Sun's convective layers is vital to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-26 Aidan Paoli , Chunlei Liang

Radiation-hydrodynamical simulations of surface convection in low-mass stars can be exploited to derive estimates of i) the efficiency of the convective energy transport in the stellar surface layers; ii) the convection-related photometric…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Hans-G. Ludwig , Elisabetta Caffau , Arunas Kucinskas

Gravity modes are the best probes to study the solar radiative zone dynamics, especially in the nuclear core. These modes remain difficult to observe, but they are essential ingredients for progressing on the evolution of the Sun-Earth…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Sylvaine Turck-Chieze

Asteroseismology has become a powerful tool to study the internal rotation of stars, and its study allows to constrain the internal AM transport processes and better understand their physical nature. In this context, we compared the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-17 Jérôme Bétrisey , Patrick Eggenberger , Gaël Buldgen , Othman Benomar , Michaël Bazot

Modeling the intermittent behavior of turbulent energy dissipation processes both in space and time is often a relevant problem when dealing with phenomena occurring in high Reynolds number flows, especially in astrophysical and space…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Fabio Lepreti , Vincenzo Carbone , Pierluigi Veltri

Here we investigate the contribution of surface Alfven wave damping to the heating of the solar wind in minima conditions. These waves are present in regions of strong inhomogeneities in density or magnetic field (e. g., the border between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 R. M. Evans , M. Opher , V. Jatenco-Pereira , T. I. Gombosi

Kepler mission will provide a huge amount of asteroseismic data during the next few years, among which hundreds of solar-like stars will be targeted. The amount of stars and their observation length represent a step forward in the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-02 S. Mathur , R. A. Garcia , C. Regulo , J. Ballot , D. Salabert , W. J. Chaplin

We perform a calibration of the mixing length of convection in stellar structure models against realistic 3D radiation-coupled hydrodynamics (RHD) simulations of convection in stellar surface layers, determining the adiabat deep in…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-23 Regner Trampedach , Robert F. Stein , Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard , Åke Nordlund , Martin Asplund

Rapidly oscillating Ap stars exhibit an astrophysically interesting combination of strong, dipolar-like magnetic fields and high-overtone p-mode pulsations similar to the Sun. Recent time-resolved spectroscopy of these stars unravelled a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-20 E. Khomenko , O. Kochukhov

Conventional astrophysical observations have failed to provide stringent constraints on physical processes operating in the interior of the stars. However, satellite missions now promise a solution to these problems by providing long-term…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-18 Orlagh L. Creevey , Savita Mathur , Rafael A. García

Extending our recent studies of two-dimensional stellar convection to 3D, we compare three-dimensional hydrodynamic simulations to identically set-up two-dimensional simulations, for a realistic pre-main sequence star. We compare…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 J. Pratt , I. Baraffe , T. Goffrey , C. Geroux , T. Constantino , D. Folini , R. Walder