Physically motivated heat conduction treatment in simulations of solar-like stars: effects on dynamo transitions

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dc.contributorAalto Universityen
dc.contributor.authorViviani, M.
dc.contributor.authorKäpylä, M. J.
dc.contributor.departmentUniversità della Calabria
dc.contributor.departmentProfessorship Korpi-Lagg Maarit
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-31T08:40:28Z
dc.date.available2020-12-31T08:40:28Z
dc.date.issued2021-01-26
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dc.description.abstractContext. Results from global magnetoconvection simulations of solar-like stars are at odds with observations in many respects: Simulations show a surplus of energy in the kinetic power spectrum at large scales; anti-solar differential rotation profiles with accelerated poles, and a slow equator for the solar rotation rate; and a transition from axi-to nonaxisymmetric dynamos at a much lower rotation rate than what is observed. Even though the simulations reproduce the observed active longitudes in fast rotators, their motion in the rotational frame (the so-called azimuthal dynamo wave, ADW) is retrograde, in contrast to the prevalent prograde motion in observations. Aims. We study the effect of a more realistic treatment of heat conductivity in alleviating the discrepancies between observations and simulations. Methods. We use physically motivated heat conduction by applying Kramers opacity law to a semi-global spherical setup that describes the convective envelopes of solar-like stars, instead of a prescribed heat conduction profile from mixing-length arguments. Results. We find that some aspects of the results now better correspond to observations: The axi-to nonaxisymmetric transition point is shifted towards higher rotation rates. We also find a change in the propagation direction of ADWs that means that prograde waves are also now found. However, the transition from an anti-solar to solar-like rotation profile is also shifted towards higher rotation rates, leaving the models in an even more unrealistic regime. Conclusions. Although Kramers-based heat conduction does not help in reproducing the solar rotation profile, it does help in the faster rotation regime, where the dynamo solutions now better match the observations.en
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dc.identifier.citationViviani , M & Käpylä , M J 2021 , ' Physically motivated heat conduction treatment in simulations of solar-like stars: effects on dynamo transitions ' , Astronomy & Astrophysics , vol. 645 , 141 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202038603en
dc.identifier.doi10.1051/0004-6361/202038603
dc.identifier.issn0004-6361
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dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:aalto-2020123160291
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherEDP SCIENCES
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dc.relation.ispartofseriesAstronomy & Astrophysicsen
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dc.subject.keywordAstrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
dc.titlePhysically motivated heat conduction treatment in simulations of solar-like stars: effects on dynamo transitionsen
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