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恒星对流带发电机模拟中的全球尺度磁性(和周期)

Global-scale Magnetism (and Cycles) in Dynamo Simulations of Stellar Convection Zones

Benjamin P Brown, Matthew K Browning, Allan Sacha Brun, Mark S Miesch, Juri Toomre

摘要:

年轻的太阳型恒星旋转迅速,磁场非常活跃。它们表面的磁场可能起源于它们的对流包络,在那里对流和旋转可以驱动强大的发电机作用。在这里,我们探讨了全球规模的恒星对流在快速旋转的太阳使用3-D MHD滞弹性球谐(ASH)代码的模拟。这些发电机中的磁场在全球范围内组织成跨越对流区的花环状结构。我们详细探讨了一种比太阳快五倍的情况。这种发电机模拟,称为案例D5,重复了全球尺度极性的准周期逆转。我们将这种情况D5与我们已经能够探索和讨论的更广泛的模拟家族进行比较,未来的模拟和观测如何促进我们对恒星发电机和磁性的理解。

英文摘要:

Young solar-type stars rotate rapidly and are very magnetically active. The magnetic fields at their surfaces likely originate in their convective envelopes where convection and rotation can drive strong dynamo action. Here we explore simulations of global-scale stellar convection in rapidly rotating suns using the 3-D MHD anelastic spherical harmonic (ASH) code. The magnetic fields built in these dynamos are organized on global-scales into wreath-like structures that span the convection zone. We explore one case rotates five times faster than the Sun in detail. This dynamo simulation, called case D5, has repeated quasi-cyclic reversals of global-scale polarity. We compare this case D5 to the broader family of simulations we have been able to explore and discuss how future simulations and observations can advance our understanding of stellar dynamos and magnetism.

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