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We present evidence of hitherto undiscovered global-scale oscillations in the near-surface shear layer of the Sun. These oscillations are seen as large scale variations of radial shear in both the zonal and meridional flows relative to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-07-05 Richard S. Bogart , Charles S. Baldner , Sarbani Basu , Rachel Howe , Maria Cristina Rabello Soares

Excitation of solar-like oscillations is attributed to turbulent convection and takes place at the upper-most part of the outer convective zones. Amplitudes of these oscillations depend on the efficiency of the excitation processes as well…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-05-04 R. Samadi , K. Belkacem , M. -J. Goupil , F. Kupka , M. -A. Dupret

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

Internal gravity waves are excited at the interface of convection and radiation zones of a solar-type star by the tidal forcing of a short-period planet. The fate of these waves as they approach the centre of the star depends on their…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 A. J. Barker , G. I. Ogilvie

The dynamo action achieved in the convective cores of main-sequence massive stars is explored here through 3D global simulations of convective core dynamos operating within a young $\Msun{10}$ B-type star, using the anelastic spherical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-05 Kyle C. Augustson , Allan Sacha Brun , Juri Toomre

We examine the low angular momentum flow model for Sgr A* using two-dimensional hydrodynamical calculations based on the parameters of the specific angular momentum and total energy estimated in the recent analysis of stellar wind of nearby…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2015-06-05 Toru Okuda , Diego Molteni

Sun-like stars shed angular momentum due to the presence of magnetised stellar winds. Magnetohydrodynamic models have been successful in exploring the dependence of this "wind-braking torque" on various stellar properties, however the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-05-31 Adam J. Finley , Allan Sacha Brun

If the angular momentum of the molecular cloud core were conserved during the star formation process, a new-born star would rotate much faster than its fission speed. This constitutes the angular momentum problem of new-born stars. In this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Kohji Tomisaka

We discuss the origin of galactic angular momentum, and the statistics of the present day spin distribution. It is expected that the galaxy spin axes are correlated with the intermediate principal axis of the gravitational shear tensor.…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-31 Jounghun Lee , Ue-Li Pen

The importance of the existence of a radiative core in generating a solar-like magnetic dynamo is still unclear. Analytic models and magnetohydrodynamic simulations of stars suggest the thin layer between a star's radiative core and its…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-06-16 Yuxi Lu , Victor See , Louis Amard , Ruth Angus , Sean P. Matt

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

Helioseismology has discovered a thin layer beneath the solar surface where the rotation rate increases rapidly with depth. The normalized rotational shear in the upper 10 Mm of the layer is constant with latitude. Differential rotation…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-11-27 Leonid Kitchatinov

After the initial stage of fast expanding of the hot Universe comes epoch of temperature fall and subsequent formation of dense clouds of hydrogen. Due to process of accretion some of this clouds became compact objects. Initially accretion…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2016-11-14 Zlatan Dimitrov Dimitrov

Unexpected astrophysical observations can be explained by gravitationally captured massive particles, which are produced inside the Sun or other Stars and are accumulated over cosmic times. Their radiative decay in solar outer space would…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 L. DiLella , K. Zioutas

Convection in the solar interior is thought to comprise structures on a spectrum of scales. This conclusion emerges from phenomenological studies and numerical simulations, though neither covers the proper range of dynamical parameters of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-05 Shravan Hanasoge , Thomas L. Duvall , Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

Angular momentum plays a crucial role in the formation of stars and planets. It has long been noticed that parcels of gas in molecular clouds need to reduce their specific angular momentum by 6 to 7 orders of magnitude to participate in the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-15 Arnaud Belloche

We study the internal wave propagation and transmission across the radiation-convection interface in a solar-type star by solving the linear perturbation equations of a self-gravitating and uniformly rotating polytropic fluid in spherical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-14 Yuru Xu , Xing Wei

The purpose of this work was to obtain diffusion coefficient for the magnetic angular momentum transport and material transport in a rotating solar model. We assumed that the transport of both angular momentum and chemical elements caused…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-05-26 W. M. Yang , S. L. Bi

This is the third in a series of papers that deal with angular momentum transport by internal gravity waves. We concentrate on the waves excited by core convection in a 3Msun, Pop I main sequence star. Here, we want to examine the role of…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Florian P. Pantillon , Suzanne Talon , Corinne Charbonnel

The global-scale dynamo action achieved in a simulation of a Sun-like star rotating at thrice the solar rate is assessed. The 3-D MHD Anelastic Spherical Harmonic (ASH) code, augmented with a viscosity minimization scheme, is employed to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-03-17 Kyle Augustson , Sacha Brun , Mark Miesch , Juri Toomre