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Meridional circulation in stratified stellar/planetary interiors in the presence of stable molecular weight gradients remains poorly understood, thereby affecting angular momentum transport in evolutionary models. We extend the downward…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-08-19 Deepayan Banik , Kristen Menou , Evan H. Anders

We study 3D chaotic dynamics through an analysis of transport in a granular flow in a half-full spherical tumbler rotated sequentially about two orthogonal axes (a bi-axial "blinking" tumbler). The flow is essentially quasi-2D in any…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2014-07-02 Ivan C. Christov , Richard M. Lueptow , Julio M. Ottino , Rob Sturman

The purpose of this paper is to improve the modelization of the rotational mixing which occurs in stellar radiation zones, through the combined action of the thermally driven meridional circulation and of the turbulence generated by the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 S. Mathis , J. -P. Zahn

Modeling fluid turbulence using a 'skeleton' of coherent structures has traditionally progressed by focusing on a few canonical experiments, such as pipe flow and Taylor-Couette flow. We here consider an alternative canonical experiment,…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-05-09 Adrien Lefauve , Miles M. P. Couchman

Context. Stars experience rapid contraction or expansion at different phases of their evolution. Modelling the angular momentum and chemical elements transport occurring during these phases remains an unsolved problem. Aims. We study a…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2021-05-05 B. Gouhier , F. Lignières , L. Jouve

The main objective of this paper is to introduce the STABLE (Surface flux Transport And Babcock-LEighton) solar dynamo model. STABLE is a 3D Babcock-Leighton/Flux Transport dynamo model in which the source of poloidal field is the explicit…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-09-21 Mark S. Miesch , Kinfe Teweldebirhan

We examine the MHD instabilities arising in the radiation zone of a differentially rotating star, in which a poloidal field of fossil origin is sheared into a toroidal field. We focus on the non-axisymmetric instability that affects the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. -P. Zahn , A. S. Brun , S. Mathis

We investigate the relations between tachocline-based dynamos and the surface flux transport mechanisms in stars with outer convection zones. Using our combined models of flux generation and transport, we demonstrate the importance of the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-12 Emre Işik , Dieter Schmitt , Manfred Schüssler

The angular momentum evolution of stars is crucial for understanding the formation and evolution of stars and star clusters. Using high-resolution magnetohydrodynamical (MHD) simulations of star formation in clouds with different physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-11-12 Giacomo Cordoni , Sajay Sunny Mathew , Christoph Federrath

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

Magnetic field is playing an important role at all stages of star evolution from star formation to the endpoints. The main effects are briefly reviewed. We also show that O-type stars have large convective envelopes, where convective dynamo…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 André Maeder , Georges Meynet , Cyril Georgy , Sylvia Ekström

The amplification of magnetic fields is crucial for understanding the observed magnetization of stars and galaxies. Turbulent dynamo is the primary mechanism responsible for that but the understanding of its action in a collapsing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-04-22 Muhammed Irshad P , Pallavi Bhat , Kandaswamy Subramanian , Anvar Shukurov

An update is given on the current status of solar and stellar dynamos. At present, it is still unclear why stellar cycle frequencies increase with rotation frequency in such a way that their ratio increases with stellar activity. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-15 Axel Brandenburg

The need for reliable predictions of the solar activity cycle motivates the development of dynamo models incorporating a representation of surface processes sufficiently detailed to allow assimilation of magnetographic data. In this series…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-11-30 Alexandre Lemerle , Paul Charbonneau , Arnaud Carignan-Dugas

Magnetic fields have been observed in massive Ap/Bp stars and presumably are also present in the radiative zone of solar-like stars. Yet, to date there is no clear understanding of the dynamics of the magnetic field in stably stratified…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-03-27 G. Monteiro , G. Guerrero , F. Del Sordo , A. Bonanno , P. K. Smolarkiewicz

The sunspot solar cycle has been usually explained as the result of a dynamo process operating in the sun. This is a classical problem in Astrophysics that until the present is not fully solved. Here we discuss current problems and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-12-08 G. Guerrero , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

This paper presents an alternative way to the dynamic modeling of a rotational inverted pendulum using the classic mechanics known as Euler-Lagrange allows to find motion equations that describe our model. It also has a design of the basic…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2017-04-11 J. L. Duarte , B. Montero , P. A. Ospina-Henao , E. Gonzalez

Models of rotationally-driven dynamos in stellar radiative zones have suggested that magnetohydrodynamic transport of angular momentum and chemical composition can dominate over the otherwise purely hydrodynamic processes. A proper…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Adrian T. Potter , Shashikumar M. Chitre , Christopher A. Tout

Magnetic skyrmions are topological spin textures promising for future high-density and nonvolatile memory. It is crucial to understand the current-driven skyrmion dynamics in the presence of deformation, of which an analytical model,…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-01-13 Zehan Chen , Xichao Zhang , Yan Zhou , Qiming Shao

Numerical aspects of dynamos in periodic domains are discussed. Modifications of the solutions by numerically motivated alterations of the equations are being reviewed using the examples of magnetic hyperdiffusion and artificial diffusion…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2011-06-14 Axel Brandenburg