Diamagnetic pumping near the base of a stellar convection zone

DOI10.1002/ASNA.200810971zbMATH Open1137.85323arXiv0802.2415OpenAlexW2172226833MaRDI QIDQ3499294FDOQ3499294

Authors: L. L. Kitchatinov, G. Rüdiger 

Publication date: 29 May 2008

Published in: Astronomische Nachrichten: A Journal on all Fields of Astronomy (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The property of inhomogeneous turbulence in conducting fluids to expel large-scale magnetic fields in the direction of decreasing turbulence intensity is shown as important for the magnetic field dynamics near the base of a stellar convection zone. The downward diamagnetic pumping confines a fossil internal magnetic field in the radiative core so that the field geometry is appropriate for formation of the solar tachocline. For the stars of solar age, the diamagnetic confinement is efficient only if the ratio of turbulent magnetic diffusivity of the convection zone to the (microscopic or turbulent) diffusivity of the radiative interiour is larger than 10^5. Confinement in younger stars require still larger diffusivity ratio. The observation of persistent magnetic structures on young solar-type stars can thus provide evidences for the nonexistence of tachoclines in stellar interiors and on the level of turbulence in radiative cores.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0802.2415

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zbMATH Keywords

stars: interiorsSun: magnetic fieldstars: magnetic fields

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Galactic and stellar structure (85A15) Hydrodynamic and hydromagnetic problems in astronomy and astrophysics (85A30)

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