Longitudinally Modulated Dynamo Action in Simulated M-dwarf Stars
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M-dwarf stars are well known for the intense magnetic activity that many of them exhibit. In cool stars with near-surface convection zones, this magnetic activity is thought to be driven largely by the interplay of convection and the large-scale differential rotation and circulations it establishes. The highly nonlinear nature of these flows yields a fascinatingly sensitive and diverse parameter space, with a wide range of possible dynamics. We report here on a set of three global MHD simulations of rapidly rotating M2 (0.4 M ⊙) stars. |
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2022
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2022-03
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The Astrophysical Journal
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928
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1
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51
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