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Reconciling solar and stellar magnetic cycles with nonlinear dynamo simulations
Science ( IF 44.7 ) Pub Date : 2017-07-13 , DOI: 10.1126/science.aal3999
A. Strugarek 1, 2 , P. Beaudoin 1 , P. Charbonneau 1 , A. S. Brun 2 , J.-D. do Nascimento 3, 4
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Is the Sun a solar-type star? The Sun's activity, including sun-spot activity, varies on an 11-year cycle driven by changes in its magnetic field. Other nearby solar-type stars have their own cycles, but the Sun does not seem to match their behavior. Strugarek et al. used magnetohydrodynamic simulations to show that stellar activity periods should depend on the star's Rossby number, the ratio between the inertial and Coriolis forces. Turning to observations, they found that solar-type stars, including the Sun, follow this relation. The results advance our understanding of how stars generate their magnetic fields and confirm that the Sun is indeed a solar-type star. Science, this issue p. 185 Simulations explain why the Sun’s activity cycle seems not to match that of other solar-type stars. The magnetic fields of solar-type stars are observed to cycle over decadal periods—11 years in the case of the Sun. The fields originate in the turbulent convective layers of stars and have a complex dependency upon stellar rotation rate. We have performed a set of turbulent global simulations that exhibit magnetic cycles varying systematically with stellar rotation and luminosity. We find that the magnetic cycle period is inversely proportional to the Rossby number, which quantifies the influence of rotation on turbulent convection. The trend relies on a fundamentally nonlinear dynamo process and is compatible with the Sun’s cycle and those of other solar-type stars.

中文翻译:

用非线性发电机模拟协调太阳和恒星的磁循环

太阳是太阳系恒星吗?太阳的活动,包括太阳黑子活动,在其磁场变化的驱动下以 11 年的周期变化。附近的其他太阳型恒星有自己的周期,但太阳似乎与它们的行为不符。斯特鲁加雷克等人。使用磁流体动力学模拟表明恒星活动周期应该取决于恒星的罗斯比数,即惯性力和科里奥利力之间的比率。转向观察,他们发现包括太阳在内的太阳型恒星遵循这种关系。这些结果促进了我们对恒星如何产生磁场的理解,并证实了太阳确实是一颗太阳型恒星。科学,这个问题 p。185 模拟解释了为什么太阳的活动周期似乎与其他太阳型恒星的活动周期不匹配。太阳型恒星的磁场被观察到以十年为周期循环——在太阳的情况下为 11 年。这些场起源于恒星​​的湍流对流层,对恒星自转率有着复杂的依赖性。我们已经进行了一组湍流全局模拟,这些模拟展示了随着恒星旋转和光度系统地变化的磁循环。我们发现磁循环周期与罗斯比数成反比,罗斯比数量化了旋转对湍流对流的影响。这一趋势依赖于一个基本的非线性发电机过程,并且与太阳的周期和其他太阳型恒星的周期兼容。这些场起源于恒星​​的湍流对流层,对恒星自转率有着复杂的依赖性。我们已经进行了一组湍流全局模拟,这些模拟展示了随着恒星旋转和光度系统地变化的磁循环。我们发现磁循环周期与罗斯比数成反比,罗斯比数量化了旋转对湍流对流的影响。这一趋势依赖于一个基本的非线性发电机过程,并且与太阳的周期和其他太阳型恒星的周期兼容。这些场起源于恒星​​的湍流对流层,对恒星自转率有着复杂的依赖性。我们已经执行了一组湍流全局模拟,这些模拟展示了随着恒星旋转和光度系统地变化的磁循环。我们发现磁循环周期与罗斯比数成反比,罗斯比数量化了旋转对湍流对流的影响。这一趋势依赖于一个基本的非线性发电机过程,并且与太阳的周期和其他太阳型恒星的周期兼容。它量化了旋转对湍流对流的影响。这一趋势依赖于一个基本的非线性发电机过程,并且与太阳的周期和其他太阳型恒星的周期兼容。它量化了旋转对湍流对流的影响。这一趋势依赖于一个基本的非线性发电机过程,并且与太阳的周期和其他太阳型恒星的周期兼容。
更新日期:2017-07-13
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