Issue |
A&A
Volume 615, July 2018
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Article Number | A106 | |
Number of page(s) | 18 | |
Section | Stellar structure and evolution | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201832576 | |
Published online | 24 July 2018 |
Asymptotic theory of gravity modes in rotating stars
II. Impact of general differential rotation
1
IRFU, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay,
91191
Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
e-mail: vincent.prat@cea.fr
2
Université Paris Diderot, AIM, Sorbonne Paris Cité, CEA, CNRS,
91191
Gif-sur-Yvette,
France
3
Université de Toulouse, UPS-OMP, IRAP,
Toulouse,
France
4
CNRS, IRAP,
14 avenue Édouard Belin,
31400
Toulouse,
France
Received:
2
January
2018
Accepted:
11
March
2018
Context. Differential rotation has a strong influence on stellar internal dynamics and evolution, notably by triggering hydrodynamical instabilities, by interacting with the magnetic field, and more generally by inducing transport of angular momentum and chemical elements. Moreover, it modifies the way waves propagate in stellar interiors and thus the frequency spectrum of these waves, the regions they probe, and the transport they generate.
Aims. We investigate the impact of a general differential rotation (both in radius and latitude) on the propagation of axisymmetric gravito-inertial waves.
Methods. We use a small-wavelength approximation to obtain a local dispersion relation for these waves. We then describe the propagation of waves thanks to a ray model that follows a Hamiltonian formalism. Finally, we numerically probe the properties of these gravito-inertial rays for different regimes of radial and latitudinal differential rotation.
Results. We derive a local dispersion relation that includes the effect of a general differential rotation. Subsequently, considering a polytropic stellar model, we observe that differential rotation allows for a large variety of resonant cavities that can be probed by gravito-inertial waves. We identify that for some regimes of frequency and differential rotation, the properties of gravito-inertial rays are similar to those found in the uniformly rotating case. Furthermore, we also find new regimes specific to differential rotation, where the dynamics of rays is chaotic.
Conclusions. As a consequence, we expect modes to follow the same trend. Some parts of oscillation spectra corresponding to regimes similar to those of the uniformly rotating case would exhibit regular patterns, while parts corresponding to the new regimes would be mostly constituted of chaotic modes with a spectrum rather characterised by a generic statistical distribution.
Key words: asteroseismology / waves / chaos / stars: oscillations / stars: rotation
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