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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

We present the results of three-dimensional simulations of the deep convective envelope of a young (10 Myr) one-solar-mass star, obtained with the Anelastic Spherical Harmonic code. Since young stars are known to be faster rotators than…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-04-03 Jérôme Ballot , Allan Sacha Brun , Sylvaine Turck-Chièze

Over the past decade, solar equatorial Rossby waves have been unambiguously identified and are considered potential diagnostics of solar interior dynamics. We investigate their inclined structure and temporal evolution in the solar interior…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-01-12 Oana Vesa , Junwei Zhao , Ruizhu Chen

Convective turbulent motions in the solar interior, as well as the mean flows resulting from them, determine the evolution of the solar magnetic field. With the aim to get a better understanding of these flows we study anelastic rotating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 G. Guerrero , P. K. Smolarkiewicz , A. Kosovichev , N. Mansour

The meridional circulation of the Sun, which is observed to be poleward at the surface, should have a return flow at some depth. Since large-scale flows like the differential rotation and the meridional circulation are driven by turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-08-24 Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Stars on the lower main sequence (F-type through M-type) have substantial convective envelopes beneath their stellar photospheres. Convection in these regions can couple with rotation to build global-scale structures that may be observable…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-07-01 Benjamin P. Brown

We study differential rotation in late-stage shell convection in a 3D hydrodynamic simulation of a rapidly rotating $16M_\odot$ helium star with a particular focus on the convective oxygen shell. We find that the oxygen shell develops a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-10-11 Lucy O. McNeill , Bernhard Müller

This paper reports positive detections of surface differential rotation on two rapidly rotating cool stars at several epochs, by using stellar surface features (both cool spots and magnetic regions) as tracers of the large scale latitudinal…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 J. -F. Donati , A. Collier Cameron , P. Petit

A simplified model for stellar and planetary convection is derived for the magnitude of the rms velocity, degree of superadiabaticity, and characteristic length scale with Rossby number as well as with thermal and viscous diffusivities.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-11-13 Kyle Augustson , Stéphane Mathis

Double-diffusive convection driven by both thermal and compositional buoyancy in a rotating cylindrical annulus with conical caps is considered with the aim to establish whether a small fraction of compositional buoyancy added to the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2011-04-26 R. D. Simitev

Rapidly rotating fluids have a rotation profile which depends only on the distance from the rotation axis, in accordance with the Taylor-Proudman theorem. Although the Sun was expected to be such a body, helioseismology showed that the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-03-29 Yuto Bekki , Robert H. Cameron , Laurent Gizon

(abridged) Context: Rotation is thought to influence the size of convective eddies and the efficiency of convective energy transport in the deep convection zones of stars. Rotationally constrained convection has been invoked to explain the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-20 Petri J. Käpylä

The solar photosphere, chromosphere and corona are known to rotate differentially as a function of latitude. To date, it is unclear if the solar transition region also rotates differentially. In this paper, we investigate differential…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-07-21 Jaidev Sharma , Brajesh Kumar , Anil K Malik , Hari Om Vats

Understanding the complex interactions between convection, magnetic fields, and rotation is key to modeling the internal dynamics of the Sun and stars. Under rotational influence, compressible convection forms prograde-propagating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Yuto Bekki

Differential rotation is central to a great many mysteries in stars and planets. In Part I we predicted the order of magnitude and scaling of the differential rotation in both hydrodynamic and magnetohydrodynamic convection zones. Our…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-09-02 Adam S. Jermyn , Shashikumar M. Chitre , Pierre Lesaffre , Christopher A. Tout

Besides a dense coverage of their high latitudes by starspots, rapidly rotating cool stars also display low-latitude spots in Doppler images, although generally with a lower coverage. In contrast, flux emergence models of fast-rotating…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-04 Emre Işık , Sami K. Solanki , Robert H. Cameron , Alexander I. Shapiro

Meridional flow results from slight deviations from the thermal wind balance. The deviations are relatively large in the boundary layers near the top and bottom of the convection zone. Accordingly, the meridional flow attains its largest…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Leonid L. Kitchatinov

Overshooting of turbulent motions from convective regions into adjacent stably stratified zones plays a significant role in stellar interior dynamics as this process may lead to mixing of chemical species, and contribute to the transport of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-22 Lydia Korre , Nicholas A. Featherstone

Late-type stars rotate differentially owing to anisotropic turbulence in their outer convection zones. The rotation is called solar-like (SL) when the equator rotates fastest and anti-solar (AS) otherwise. Hydrodynamic simulations show a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-25 Bidya Binay Karak , Petri J. Kapyla , Maarit J. Kapyla , Axel Brandenburg , N. Olspert , J. Pelt

Understanding the global rotational profile of the solar atmosphere and its variation is fundamental to uncovering a comprehensive understanding of the dynamics of the solar magnetic field and the extent of coupling between different layers…