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The recent seismic detection of magnetic fields in red giants cores has given the opportunity to characterize these fields, potentially giving information about their origin and their role in the internal transport of angular momentum. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-05-20 S. Deheuvels , J. Ballot , F. Lignières , G. Li , M. Villate

Context. Differential rotation has a strong influence on stellar internal dynamics and evolution, notably by triggering hydrodynamical instabilities, by interacting with the magnetic field, and more generally by inducing transport of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-07-25 Vincent Prat , Stéphane Mathis , Kyle Augustson , François Lignières , Jérôme Ballot , Lucie Alvan , Allan Sacha Brun

We derive expressions and develop a numerical technique for the analysis of the line profile moment variations for stars pulsating in oblique non-radial modes. This represents an extension of the widely used spectroscopic moment mode…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 O. Kochukhov

The stability of toroidal magnetic fields in radiative stellar interiors is a key open problem in astrophysics. We investigate the Tayler instability of purely toroidal fields $B_\phi$ in a nonrotating, thermally stably stratified stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-10-08 Domenico G. Meduri , Rainer Arlt , Alfio Bonanno , Giovanni Licciardello

Dipole mixed pulsation modes of consecutive radial order have been detected for thousands of low-mass red-giant stars with the NASA space telescope Kepler. Such modes have the potential to reveal information on the physics of the deep…

In this work we explore the evolution of magnetic fields inside strongly magnetized neutron stars in axisymmetry. We model numerically the coupled field evolution in the core and the crust. Our code models the Hall drift and Ohmic effects…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2017-11-29 Ashley Bransgrove , Yuri Levin , Andrei Beloborodov

We investigate non-axisymmetric low frequency modes of a rotating and magnetized neutron star, assuming that the star is threaded by a dipole magnetic field whose strength at the stellar surface, $B_0$, is less than $\sim 10^{12}$G, and…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 Umin Lee

The oscillation frequencies observed in Sun-like stars are susceptible to being shifted by magnetic activity effects. The measured shifts depend on a complex relationship involving the mode type, the field strength and spatial distribution…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-02-17 Alexandra E. L. Thomas , William J. Chaplin , Sarbani Basu , Ben Rendle , Guy Davies , Andrea Miglio

We use three dimensional radiation magneto-hydrodynamic simulations to study the effects of magnetic fields on the energy transport and structure of radiation pressure dominated main sequence massive star envelopes at the region of the iron…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-07-19 Yan-Fei Jiang , Matteo Cantiello , Lars Bildsten , Eliot Quataert , Omer Blaes

We have performed a comprehensive parameter study of the collapse of rotating, strongly magnetized stellar cores in axisymmetry to determine their gravitational wave signature based on the Einstein quadrupole formula. We use a Newtonian…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 M. Obergaulinger , M. A. Aloy , E. Mueller

About 5% of upper main sequence stars are permeated by a strong magnetic field, the origin of which is still matter of debate. With this work we provide observational material to study how magnetic fields change with the evolution of stars…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 S. Bagnulo , J. D. Landstreet , E. Mason , V. Andretta , J. Silaj , G. A. Wade

The time evolution of angular momentum and surface rotation of massive stars is strongly influenced by fossil magnetic fields via magnetic braking. We present a new module containing a simple, comprehensive implementation of such a field at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-02-05 Z. Keszthelyi , G. Meynet , M. E. Shultz , A. David-Uraz , A. ud-Doula , R. H. D. Townsend , G. A. Wade , C. Georgy , V. Petit , S. P. Owocki

Strong magnetic fields are observed in a substantial fraction of upper main sequence stars and white dwarfs. Many such stars are observed to exhibit photometric modulations as the magnetic poles rotate in and out of view, which could be a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-02-22 Jim Fuller , Stephane Mathis

Oscillation mode frequencies of stars are typically treated as static for a given stellar model. However, in reality they can be perturbed by time varying sources such as magnetic fields and flows. We calculate the sensitivities of radial…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-07-01 René Kiefer , Anne-Marie Broomhall

We calculate axisymmetric oscillations of rotating neutron stars composed of the surface fluid ocean, solid crust, and fluid core, taking account of a dipole magnetic field as strong as $B_S\sim 10^{15}$G at the surface. The adiabatic…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 Umin Lee

Asymmetries in the observed rotational splittings of a multiplet contain information about the star's rotation profile and internal magnetic field. However, to exploit this information, highly accurate theoretical predictions are needed. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-14 J. S. G. Mombarg , V. Vanlaer , S. B. Das , M. Rieutord , C. Aerts , L. Bugnet , S. Mathis , D. R. Reese , J. Ballot

The physical mechanisms driving the transport of angular momentum in stars are not fully understood, as current models cannot explain the observed stellar rotation profiles across all stages of evolution. By making use of pulsating F-type…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-06 Joey S. G. Mombarg

The present study aims at studying the flow and field produced by a stellar radiative zone which is initially made to rotate differentially in the presence of a large-scale poloidal magnetic field threading the whole domain. We focus both…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 L. Jouve , F. Lignières , M. Gaurat

Stars are, generically, rotating and magnetised objects with a misalignment between their magnetic and rotation axes. Since a magnetic field induces a permanent distortion to its host, it provides effective rigidity even to a fluid star,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-23 S. K. Lander , D. I. Jones

This study examines the relationship between magnetic field complexity and mass and angular momentum losses. Observations of open clusters have revealed a bimodal distribution of the rotation periods of solar-like stars that has proven…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-11-15 Cecilia Garraffo , Jeremy J. Drake , Ofer Cohen
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