Dedalus: A flexible framework for numerical simulations with spectral methods

KJ Burns, GM Vasil, JS Oishi, D Lecoanet… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Numerical solutions of partial differential equations enable a broad range of scientific
research. The Dedalus project is a flexible, open-source, parallelized computational …

Calibrating core overshooting parameters with two-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations

J Higl, E Mueller, A Weiss - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 - aanda.org
The extent of mixed regions around convective zones is one of the biggest uncertainties in
stellar evolution. One-dimensional overshooting descriptions introduce a free parameter (f …

Magnetohydrodynamic simulations of the Tayler instability in rotating stellar interiors

S Ji, J Fuller, D Lecoanet - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The Tayler instability is an important but poorly studied magnetohydrodynamic (MHD)
instability that likely operates in stellar interiors. The non-linear saturation of the Tayler …

The energy flux spectrum of internal waves generated by turbulent convection

LA Couston, D Lecoanet, B Favier… - Journal of fluid …, 2018 - cambridge.org
We present three-dimensional direct numerical simulations of internal waves excited by
turbulent convection in a self-consistent, Boussinesq and Cartesian model of mixed …

[HTML][HTML] Outer core stratification from the high latitude structure of the geomagnetic field

P Olson, M Landeau, E Reynolds - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The presence of stable stratification has broad implications for the thermal and
compositional state of the outer core, the evolution of Earth's deep interior, and the …

Surface manifestation of stochastically excited internal gravity waves

D Lecoanet, M Cantiello, EH Anders… - Monthly Notices of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Recent photometric observations of massive stars show ubiquitous low-frequency 'red
noise'variability, which has been interpreted as internal gravity waves (IGWs). Simulations of …

Penetrative turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in two and three dimensions

Q Wang, Q Zhou, ZH Wan, DJ Sun - Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2019 - cambridge.org
Penetrative turbulent Rayleigh–Bénard convection in two and three dimensions Page 1 J. Fluid
Mech. (2019), vol. 870, pp. 718–734. c Cambridge University Press 2019 doi:10.1017/jfm.2019.286 …

Periodicity disruption of a model quasibiennial oscillation of equatorial winds

A Renaud, LP Nadeau, A Venaille - Physical review letters, 2019 - APS
The quasibiennial oscillation (QBO) of equatorial winds on Earth is the clearest example of
the spontaneous emergence of a periodic phenomenon in geophysical fluids. In recent …

Onset of non-linear internal gravity waves in intermediate-mass stars

RP Ratnasingam, PVF Edelmann… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Internal gravity waves (IGW) propagate in the radiation zones of all stars. During
propagation, their amplitudes are affected by two main features: radiative diffusion and …

Physics of tidal dissipation in early-type stars and white dwarfs: hydrodynamical simulations of internal gravity wave breaking in stellar envelopes

Y Su, D Lecoanet, D Lai - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
In binaries composed of either early-type stars or white dwarfs, the dominant tidal process
involves the excitation of internal gravity waves (IGWs), which propagate towards the stellar …