Realistic Solar Convection Simulations |
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Authors: | Stein Robert F Nordlund Åke |
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Institution: | (1) Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 48824, U.S.A.;(2) Theoretical Astrophysics Center and Astronomical Observatory/NBIfAFG, Juliane Maries Vej 30, Dk-2100 Copenhagen Ø, , Denmark |
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Abstract: | We report on realistic simulations of solar surface convection that are essentially parameter-free, but include detailed physics in the equation of state and radiative energy exchange. The simulation results are compared quantitatively with observations. Excellent agreement is obtained for the distribution of the emergent continuum intensity, the profiles of weak photospheric lines, the p-mode frequencies, the asymmetrical shape of the mode velocity and intensity spectra, the p-mode excitation rate, and the depth of the convection zone. We describe how solar convection is non-local. It is driven from a thin surface thermal boundary layer where radiative cooling produces low entropy gas which forms the cores of the downdrafts in which most of the buoyancy work occurs. Turbulence and vorticity are mostly confined to the intergranular lanes and underlying downdrafts. Finally, we present some preliminary results on magneto-convection. |
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