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The major mass fraction of the envelope of hot luminous stars is radiatively stable. However, the partial ionisation of hydrogen, helium and iron gives rise to extended sub-surface convection zones in all of them. In this work, we…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-08-06 Luca Grassitelli , Luca Fossati , Sergio Simon-Diaz , Norbert Langer , Norberto Castro , Debashis Sanyal

Circumgalactic gas around massive galaxies generally has a volume-filling component -- an atmosphere -- with a temperature determined by the potential-well depth of the galaxy's halo. If the atmosphere is near hydrostatic equilibrium and is…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2026-02-18 G. M. Voit , B. D. Wibking , D. Yaldiz

Protostellar outflow is a prominent process that accompanies the formation of stars. It is generally agreed that wide-angled protostellar outflows come from the interaction between the wind from a forming star and the ambient gas. However,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-10-31 Guang-Xing Li , Keping Qiu , Friedrich Wyrowski , Karl Menten

The ngVLA will obtain breakthrough observations of the cold phases (molecular and atomic) of galactic outflows. These observations will be key to study the driving mechanisms of cold winds, the fate of the gas, the mass-loss rates, the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2018-10-17 Alberto D. Bolatto , Lee Armus , Adam K. Leroy , Sylvain Veilleux , Fabian Walter , Richard Mushotzky

The transfer of a star's angular momentum to its atmosphere is a topic of considerable and wide-ranging interest in astrophysics. This letter considers the effect of kinetic and magnetic turbulence on the solar wind's angular momentum. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-05-07 Rohit Chhiber , Arcadi Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus , Francesco Pecora

Turbulence is ubiquitous in the insterstellar medium and plays a major role in several processes such as the formation of dense structures and stars, the stability of molecular clouds, the amplification of magnetic fields, and the…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2015-06-19 D. Falceta-Goncalves , G. Kowal , E. Falgarone , A. C. -L. Chian

Low-mass stars exhibit, at all stages of their evolution, the signatures of complex physical processes that require challenging modeling beyond standard stellar theory. In this review, we recall the most striking observational evidences…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 Corinne Charbonnel , Suzanne Talon

The coexistence of motions on various scales is a remarkable feature of solar convection, which should be taken into account in analyses of the dynamics of magnetic fields. Therefore, it is important to investigate the factors responsible…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-01-15 O. V. Shcheritsa , A. V. Getling , O. S. Mazhorova

Patterns of convection in internally heated, self-gravitating rotating spherical fluid shells are investigated through numerical simulations. While turbulent states are of primary interest in planetary and stellar applications the present…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2009-06-09 R. D. Simitev , F. H. Busse

Self-aggregation of tropical convection is a universal feature observed in a diverse range of atmospheric environments. Several preceding models conceptualized the self-aggregation of convection as a phase transition driven by collisions…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2025-04-23 Takuya Jinno , Hiroaki Miura

Among the problems still open in the study of stellar structure, we discuss in particular some issues related to the study of convection. We have recently built up complete stellar models, adopting a consistent formulation of convection…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 F. D'Antona , J. Montalban , I. Mazzitelli

Differences between observed and theoretical eigenfrequencies of the Sun have characteristics which identify them as arising predominantly from properties of the oscillations in the vicinity of the solar surface: in the super-adiabatic,…

We study real space condensation in aggregation-fragmentation models where the total mass is not conserved, as in phenomena like cloud formation and intracellular trafficking. We study the scaling properties of the system with influx and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-15 Himani Sachdeva , Mustansir Barma , Madan Rao

The structure and evolution of wind-blown bubbles (WBBs) around massive stars has primarily been investigated using an energy-conserving model of wind-blown bubbles. While this model is useful in explaining the general properties of the…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2023-06-21 Vikram V. Dwarkadas

The multiscale flow structure in the solar convection zone - the coexistence of such features as the granules, mesogranules, supergranules and giant cells - has not yet been properly understood. Here, the possible role of one physical…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-02-15 O. V. Shcheritsa , A. V. Getling , O. S. Mazhorova

Star formation in galaxies is inefficient, and understanding how star formation is regulated in galaxies is one of the most fundamental challenges of contemporary astrophysics. Radiative cooling, feedback from supernovae and active galactic…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2019-07-17 M. Cousin , P. Guillard , M. D. Lehnert

Most massive galaxies host a supermassive black hole at their centre. Matter accretion creates an active galactic nucleus (AGN), forming a relativistic particle wind. The wind heats and pushes the interstellar medium, producing…

Astrophysics of Galaxies · Physics 2024-09-23 Martynas Laužikas , Kastytis Zubovas

(ABBREVIATED) Understanding the formation of stars in galaxies is central to much of modern astrophysics. In this review the relation between interstellar turbulence and star formation is discussed. Supersonic turbulence can provide support…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-09-29 Ralf S. Klessen

Methods of calculation of NLTE model atmosphere are discussed. The NLTE trace element procedure is compared with the full NLTE model atmosphere calculation. Differences between LTE and NLTE atmosphere modeling are evaluated. The ways of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2016-07-27 Jiří Kubát , Brankica Šurlan

Volcanic ash clouds often become multilayered and thin with distance from the vent. We explore one mechanism for development of this layered structure. We review data on the characteristics of turbulence layering in the free atmosphere, as…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2021-01-01 Marcus Bursik , Qingyuan Yang , Adele Bear-Crozier , Michael Pavolonis , Andrew Tupper