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The turbulent pumping effect corresponds to the transport of magnetic flux due to the presence of density and turbulence gradients in convectively unstable layers. In the induction equation it appears as an advective term and for this…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 G. Guerrero , E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino

We consider the atmospheric flow on short-period extra-solar planets through two-dimensional numerical simulations of hydrodynamics with radiation transfer. One side is always exposed to the irradiation from the host star. The other is…

Astrophysics · Physics 2014-10-13 Andreas Burkert , Douglas Lin , Peter Bodenheimer , Chris Jones , Harold Yorke

We discuss hydrostatic models of galaxy clusters in which heat diffusion balances radiative cooling. We consider two different sources of diffusion, thermal conduction and turbulent mixing, parameterized by dimensionless coefficients, f and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2007-05-23 Ramesh Narayan , Woong-Tae Kim

As recently found, the distribution of sunspots is non-axisymmetric and spot group formation implies the existence of two persistent active longitudes separated by 180 degrees. Here we quantitatively study the non-axisymmetry of sunspot…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 I. G. Usoskin , S. V. Berdyugina , J. Poutanen

Relativistic thick ring models are constructed using previously found analytical Newtonian potential-density pairs for flat rings and toroidal structures obtained from Kuzmin-Toomre family of discs. In particular, we present systems with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-01-31 M. Ujevic , P. S. Letelier , D. Vogt

We investigated the statistical properties of both cool and hot starspots in eclipsing binary stars. The starspot and binary parameters for contact and semi-detached systems were collected from literature, which were determined on the basis…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-01-16 Shinjirou Kouzuma

Simple models of magnetic field generation by convection in rotating spherical shells exhibit properties resembling those observed on the sun. The {assumption of the Boussinesq approximation made in these models} prevents a realistic…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-06-03 Radostin D. Simitev , Friedrich H. Busse

Five new correlations between sunspot activity and orbiting position of the Jovian planets are detected. In order to explain these correlations it is suggested that the resonance of the outer planets destabilizes the orbit of Kuiper Belt…

General Physics · Physics 2009-06-25 Jozsef Garai

Thermal X-ray emission from rotation-powered pulsars is believed to originate from localized "hotspots" on the stellar surface occurring where large-scale currents from the magnetosphere return to heat the atmosphere. Lightcurve modeling…

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena · Physics 2019-11-13 Will Lockhart , Samuel E. Gralla , Feryal Özel , Dimitrios Psaltis

Vapor condensation with removing of latent heat by emission of characteristic frequencies allows fast droplets formation in big volumes, which becomes possible with spatial redistribution and spreading of condensation nuclei and ions formed…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2009-12-08 Mark E. Perel'man

The sunspots and other solar activity indicators tend to cluster on the surface of the Sun.These clusters very often occur at certain longitudes that persist in time.It is of general interest to find new and simple ways to characterize the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 J. Pelt , M. J. Korpi , I. Tuominen

The generation of magnetic flux in the solar interior and its transport to the outer solar atmosphere will be in the focus of solar physics research for the next decades. One key-ingredient is the process of magnetic flux emergence into the…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-20 Rolf Schlichenmaier , Nazaret Bello González , Reza Rezaei

Well-known analytical results dealing with ion cyclotron and drift waves and which follow from the kinetic theory are used and the dispersion equation, which describes coupled two modes, is solved numerically. The numerical results obtained…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-13 J. Vranjes , S. Poedts

The Sun and other cool stars harbouring outer convection zones manifest magnetic activity in their atmospheres. The connection between this activity and the properties of a deep-seated dynamo generating the magnetic flux is not well…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Emre Işık , Dieter Schmitt , Manfred Schüssler

We have calculated the radiation field, dust grain temperatures, and far infrared emissivity of numerical models of turbulent molecular clouds. When compared to a uniform cloud of the same mean optical depth, most of the volume inside the…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-10 Thomas Bethell , Ellen Zweibel , Fabian Heitsch , J. S. Mathis

The detection of the theoretically expected dark matter is central to particle physics and cosmology. Current fashionable supersymmetric models provide a natural dark matter candidate which is the lightest supersymmetric particle (LSP). The…

Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-23 J. D. Vergados

It is well accepted that the solar cycle originates from a magnetohydrodynamics dynamo deep inside the Sun. Many dynamo models have long been proposed based on a lot of observational constraints. In this paper, using 342 NSO/Kitt Peak solar…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-06-23 W. B. Song

Planets are born from the gas and dust discs surrounding young stars. Energetic radiation from the central star can drive thermal outflows from the discs atmospheres, strongly affecting the evolution of the discs and the nascent planetary…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2022-11-21 Barbara Ercolano , Giovanni Picogna

We investigate sharp structures visible in solar magnetic field tracers. It is shown that the sunspot magnetic boundaries do not coincide with the photometric ones. Moreover, there is no clear boundary of the magnetic field in the vicinity…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-10-18 V. N. Obridko , D. D. Sokoloff , M. K. Katsova

We investigate sharply outlined features recorded in solar magnetic field tracers. It is shown that the magnetic boundaries of a sunspot do not coincide with the photometric ones. Moreover, there is no clear magnetic boundary around…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2023-09-21 V. N. Obridko , D. D. Sokoloff , M. M. Katsova