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We calculate the flux of internal gravity waves (IGWs) generated by turbulent convection in stars. We solve for the IGW eigenfunctions analytically near the radiative-convective interface in a local, Boussinesq, and cartesian domain. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 Daniel Lecoanet , Eliot Quataert

Internal gravity waves (IGWs) are likely to cause mixing in stellar interiors. Studies show that the mixing by these waves changes drastically across age and mass (Varghese et al. 2023, arXiv:2211.06432). Here, we study the effect of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-07-26 A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam , R. Vanon , P. V. F. Edelmann , S. Mathis , T. M. Rogers

There are no strong constraints placed thus far on the amplitude of internal gravity waves (IGWs) that are stochastically excited in the radiative interiors of solar-type stars. Late F-type stars have relatively thin convective envelopes…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-09 Sylvain N. Breton , Allan Sacha Brun , Rafael A. García

Internal gravity waves (hereafter IGWs) are one of the mechanisms that can play a key role to redistribute efficiently angular momentum in stars along their evolution. The study of IGWs is thus of major importance since space-based…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-02-12 Stéphane Mathis

Recent photometric observations of massive stars show ubiquitous low-frequency "red-noise" variability, which has been interpreted as internal gravity waves (IGWs). Simulations of IGWs generated by convection show smooth surface wave…

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

We demonstrate observational evidence for the occurrence of convectively driven internal gravity waves (IGW) in young massive O-type stars observed with high-precision CoRoT space photometry. This evidence results from a comparison between…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-02 C. Aerts , T. M. Rogers

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

Magnetism is thought to play an important role in the evolution and dynamics of stars, though little is known about magnetic fields deep within stellar interiors. A promising avenue for probing these fields uses asteroseismic observations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-04-01 Cy S. David , Daniel Lecoanet , Pascale Garaud

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

Context: Intermediate-mass asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars influence Galactic lithium evolution by ejecting surface material (including Li) via stellar winds. Internal gravity waves (IGW), excited by convective motions, drive turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-20 Zhijun Wang , Guoliang Lü , Chunhua Zhu , Sufen Guo , Helei Liu , Xizhen Lu

We propose that the observed misalignment between extra-solar planets and their hot host stars can be explained by angular momentum transport within the host star. Observations have shown that this misalignment is preferentially around hot…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 T. M. Rogers , D. N. C. Lin , H. H. B. Lau

The cores of main sequence intermediate- and high-mass stars are convective. Mixing at the radiative-convective boundary, waves excited by the convection, and magnetic fields generated by convective dynamos all influence the main sequence…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-08-02 Daniel Lecoanet , Philipp V. F. Edelmann

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

We present three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of the production of magnetic fields and gravitational waves (GWs) in the early Universe during a low energy scale matter-dominated post-inflationary reheating era, and during the…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2021-10-13 Axel Brandenburg , Ramkishor Sharma

Internal Gravity Waves (IGWs) are thought to cause mixing in stellar interiors, a process that has been widely studied both theoretically and numerically. Our aim is to determine the physical mechanism responsible for the wave-induced…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-24 A. Varghese , R. P. Ratnasingam , L. Ramírez-Galeano , S. Mathis , T. M. Rogers

We demonstrate that induced gravitational waves (IGWs) can naturally emerge within the framework of thermal leptogenesis models, thereby providing a robust probe for exploring this theory at remarkably high energy scales. To illustrate this…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-09-29 Marco Chianese , Guillem Domènech , Theodoros Papanikolaou , Rome Samanta , Ninetta Saviano

Dissipation is an intrinsic property of the cosmic fluid, leading to the damping of curvature perturbations at small scales. In this paper, we comprehensively study dissipative effects in gravitational waves induced by curvature…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-02-09 Yan-Heng Yu , Zhe Chang , Sai Wang

Recent asteroseismic advances have allowed for direct measurements of the internal rotation rates of many sub-giant and red giant stars. Unlike the nearly rigidly rotating Sun, these evolved stars contain radiative cores that spin faster…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-30 Jim Fuller , Daniel Lecoanet , Matteo Cantiello , Ben Brown

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