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在过渡区的恒星发电机:多重发电机模式和反太阳差异旋转

Stellar dynamos in the transition regime: multiple dynamo modes and anti-solar differential rotation

M. Viviani, M. J. Käpylä, J. Warnecke, P. J. Käpylä, M. Rheinhardt

摘要:

已知类太阳恒星的全球和半全球对流发电机模拟显示了从反太阳(快极,慢赤道)到类太阳(快赤道,慢极)的差异旋转(DR)的过渡,以增加旋转速率。在后一个政权的发电机解决方案可以表现出规则的循环模式,而在前一个,只有固定或时间不规则的解决方案已获得至今。在本文中,我们提出了一个半全球发电机模拟的过渡区,表现出两个共存的发电机模式,循环和固定的,都是动态显着的。我们试图了解这样的发电机是如何通过分析大尺度流动特性(DR和纬向环流)与湍流输运系数与试验场方法得到的驱动。无论是$αΩ$发电机波还是平流主导发电机都不能解释平均磁场的周期和传播方向。此外,我们发现,$α$效应是可比的,甚至更大的$Ω$效应产生的环形磁场,因此,发电机似乎是$α^2Ω$或$α^2$型。我们进一步发现,有效的大规模流动显着改变湍流泵。

英文摘要:

Global and semi-global convective dynamo simulations of solar-like stars are known to show a transition from an anti-solar (fast poles, slow equator) to solar-like (fast equator, slow poles) differential rotation (DR) for increasing rotation rate. The dynamo solutions in the latter regime can exhibit regular cyclic modes, whereas in the former one, only stationary or temporally irregular solutions have been obtained so far. In this paper we present a semi-global dynamo simulation in the transition region, exhibiting two coexisting dynamo modes, a cyclic and a stationary one, both being dynamically significant. We seek to understand how such a dynamo is driven by analyzing the large-scale flow properties (DR and meridional circulation) together with the turbulent transport coefficients obtained with the test-field method. Neither an $αΩ$ dynamo wave nor an advection-dominated dynamo are able to explain the cycle period and the propagation direction of the mean magnetic field. Furthermore, we find that the $α$ effect is comparable or even larger than the $Ω$ effect in generating the toroidal magnetic field, and therefore, the dynamo seems to be $α^2Ω$ or $α^2$ type. We further find that the effective large-scale flows are significantly altered by turbulent pumping.

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