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We present a method to characterize the spectral transfers of magnetic energy between scales in simulations of stellar convective dynamos. The full triadic transfer functions are computed thanks to analytical coupling relations of spherical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-11-18 A. Strugarek , A. S. Brun , S. Mathis , Y. Sarazin

We present a three-dimensional numerical model for the generation and evolution of the magnetic field in the solar convection zone, in which sunspots are produced and contribute to the cyclic reversal of the large-scale magnetic field. We…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-01-30 Rohit Kumar , Laurène Jouve , Rui F. Pinto , Alexis P. Rouillard

The solar activity cycle is a manifestation of the hydromagnetic dynamo working inside our star. The detection of activity cycles in solar-like stars and the study of their properties allow us to put the solar dynamo in perspective,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. F. Lanza

The periods of magnetic activity cycles in the Sun and solar-type stars do not exhibit a simple or even single trend with respect to rotation rate or luminosity. Dynamo models can be used to interpret this diversity, and can ultimately help…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-15 A. Strugarek , P. Beaudoin , P. Charbonneau , A. S. Brun

It is believed that magnetic activity on the Sun and solar-type stars are tightly related to the dynamo process driven by the interaction between rotation, convection, and magnetic field. However, the detailed mechanisms of this process are…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-03-08 S. Mathur

We have carried out numerical simulations of the convection zone in a K dwarf of 0.7 solar masses rotating at the solar rotation period. We study the convection pattern, the differential rotation and meridional flows, and the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-01-25 Manfred Küker

In this work the latitude dependent stellar spot rotation is investigated based on dynamo models. The maps of the magnetic pressure at the surface from the dynamo calculations are treated similarly to the temperature maps obtained using…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-28 H. Korhonen , D. Elstner

We present results from a model for magnetic flux generation and transport in cool stars and a qualitative comparison of models with observations. The method combines an alpha-omega dynamo at the base of the convection zone, buoyant rise of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Emre Işık

The geo and solar magnetic fields have long been thought to be very different objects both in terms of spatial structure and temporal behavior. The recently discovered field structure of a fully convective star is more reminiscent of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2009-07-30 Laure Goudard , Emmanuel Dormy

Magnetic fields play a role in almost all stages of stellar evolution. Most low-mass stars, including the Sun, show surface fields that are generated by dynamo processes in their convective envelopes. Intermediate-mass stars do not have…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-01-26 D. Stello , M. Cantiello , J. Fuller , D. Huber , R. A. Garcia , T. R. Bedding , L. Bildsten , V. Silva Aguirre

Studies on small-scale jets' formation, propagation, evolution, and role, such as type I and II spicules, mottles, and fibrils in the lower solar atmosphere's energetic balance, have progressed tremendously thanks to the combination of…

Surface convection is important for the presence of magnetic activity at stars. So far, this convection is thought to be a result of heating from below, where convection cells rise and break up. New models reveal that surface convection is…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-16 Johannes Tschernitz , Philippe-A. Bourdin

We discuss recent advances made in modelling the complex magnetohydrodynamics of the Sun using our anelastic spherical harmonics (ASH) code. We have conducted extensive 3--D simulations of compressible convection in rotating spherical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre

In Sun and sun-like stars, it is believed that the cycles of the large-scale magnetic field are produced due to the existence of differential rotation and helicity in the plasma flows in their convection zones (CZs). Hence, it is expected…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Vindya Vashishth , Bidya Binay Karak , Leonid Kitchatinov

To study properties of magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) convection and resultant dynamo activities in proto-neutron stars (PNSs), we construct a "PNS in a box" simulation model with solving compressible MHD equation coupled with a nuclear…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2022-02-21 Youhei Masada , Tomoya Takiwaki , Kei Kotake

It is widely accepted that astrophysical magnetic fields are generated by dynamo action. In many cases these fields exhibit organisation on a scale larger than that of the underlying turbulent flow (e.g., the eleven-year solar cycle). The…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2018-12-03 Laura K. Currie , Steven M. Tobias

Young solar-type stars rotate rapidly and are very magnetically active. The magnetic fields at their surfaces likely originate in their convective envelopes where convection and rotation can drive strong dynamo action. Here we explore…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-01-04 Benjamin P Brown , Matthew K Browning , Allan Sacha Brun , Mark S Miesch , Juri Toomre

Stably stratified fluid layers are common in gaseous planets, stellar interiors, and planetary cores, and have long been considered incapable of sustaining dynamo action. Here, we show that semiconvection - driven by a destabilizing thermal…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-26 Paul Pružina , David Cébron , Nathanaël Schaeffer

The solar atmosphere is extremely dynamic, and many important phenomena develop on small scales that are unresolved in observations with the Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI) instrument on the Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO). For…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Irina N. Kitiashvili , Sebastien Couvidat , Andreas Lagg

Magnetic fields have been detected on stars across the H-R diagram and substellar objects either directly by their effect on the formation of spectral lines, or through the activity phenomena they power which can be observed across a large…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-11 J. Morin