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The "solar-stellar connection" began as a relatively small field of research focused on understanding the processes that generate magnetic field in stars and which sometimes lead to a cyclic pattern of long-term variability in activity, as…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-05-23 Ricky Egeland

The theory of planetary dynamos and its applications to observed phenomena of planetary magnetism are outlined. It is generally accepted that convection flows driven by thermal or compositional buoyancy are the most likely source for the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-04-14 F. H. Busse , R. D. Simitev

The solar-stellar connection provides a unique framework for understanding magnetic activity and atmospheric heating across a broad spectrum of stars. Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) of NASA, equipped with the Helioseismic and Magnetic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-20 Shin Toriumi

The evolution of magnetic braking and dynamo processes in subgiant stars is essential for understanding how these stars lose angular momentum. We investigate the magnetic braking and dynamo evolution of $\beta$ Hydri, a G-type subgiant, to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-06-23 A. R. G. Santos , T. S. Metcalfe , O. Kochukhov , T. R. Ayres , R. Gafeira , T. L. Campante

A framework is introduced for coupling the evolution of galactic magnetic fields sustained by the mean-field dynamo with the formation and evolution of galaxies in cold dark matter cosmology. Estimates of the steady-state strength of the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-05-20 Luiz Felippe S. Rodrigues , Anvar Shukurov , Andrew Fletcher , Carlton Baugh

Rotational shear layers at the boundary between radiative and convective zones, tachoclines, play a key role in the process of magnetic field generation in solar-like stars. We present two sets of global simulations of rotating turbulent…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-03-08 G. Guerrero , P. K. Smolarkiewicz , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino , A. G. Kosovichev , N. N. Mansour

During stellar evolution, especially in the PMS, stellar structure and rotation evolve significantly causing major changes in the dynamics and global flows of the star. We wish to assess the consequences of these changes on stellar dynamo,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-09-15 Constance Emeriau-Viard , Allan Sacha Brun

Nonlinear mean-field models of the solar dynamo show long-term variability, which may be relevant to different states of activity inferred from long-term radiocarbon data. This paper is aimed to probe the dynamo hysteresis predicted by the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-04-24 Bidya Binay Karak , Leonid L. Kitchatinov , Axel Brandenburg

Magnetic fields generated in the Sun's interior by the solar dynamo mechanism drive solar activity over a range of time-scales. While space-based observations of the Sun's corona exist only for few decades, direct sunspot observations exist…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-03 Soumyaranjan Dash , Dibyendu Nandy , Ilya Usoskin

Some contracting or expanding stars are thought to host a large-scale magnetic field in their radiative interior. By interacting with the contraction-induced flows, such fields may significantly alter the rotational history of the star.…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-05-18 B. Gouhier , L. Jouve , F. Lignières

The spatio-temporal relationship between the sign of the observed radial component of the magnetic field at the solar surface and the sign of the toroidal field as inferred from Hale's polarity rules for sunspots is usually interpreted as…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 Manfred Schuessler

The Sun's axisymmetric large-scale flows, differential rotation and meridional circulation, are thought to be maintained by the influence of rotation on the thermal-convective motions in the solar convection zone. These large-scale flows…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-27 Hideyuki Hotta , Yuto Bekki , Laurent Gizon , Quentin Noraz , Mark P. Rast

We examine the effects of the magnetic field created by the Tayler--Spruit dynamo in differentially rotating stars. Magnetic fields of the order of a few $10^4$ G are present through most of the stellar envelope, with the exception of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-11 André Maeder , Georges Meynet

Recent progress in observational studies of magnetic activity in M dwarfs urgently requires support from ideas of stellar dynamo theory. We propose a strategy to connect observational and theoretical studies. In particular, we suggest four…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-24 D. Shulyak , D. Sokoloff , L. Kitchatinov , D. Moss

This paper introduces a new empirical model for the rotational evolution of Sun-like stars -- those with surface convection zones and non-convective interior regions. Previous models do not match the morphology of observed (rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-19 Timothy M. Brown

Massive stars are crucial building blocks of galaxies and the universe, as production sites of heavy elements and as stirring agents and energy providers through stellar winds and supernovae. The field of magnetic massive stars has seen…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Rolf Walder , Doris Folini , Georges Meynet

We present detailed numerical calculations of the fast solar tachocline based on the assumption that the dynamo field dominates over the dynamics of the tachocline. In the present paper of the series, we focus on three shortfalls of the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Forgacs-Dajka

Our understanding of large-scale magnetic fields in stellar radiative zones remains fragmented and incomplete. Such magnetic fields, which must be produced by some form of dynamo mechanism, are thought to dominate angular-momentum…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2022-09-28 Valentin Skoutnev , Jonathan Squire , Amitava Bhattacharjee

The Sun and solar-type stars exhibit irregular cyclic variations in their magnetic activity over long time scales. To understand this irregularity, we employed the flux transport dynamo models to investigate the behavior of one solar mass…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2024-12-25 Vindya Vashishth

We discuss possible mechanisms underlying the observed features of stellar activity cycles, such as multiple periodicities in very active stars, non-cyclic activity observed in moderately active stars, and spatial distribution of stellar…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2012-11-08 Emre Işik