Magnetized fingering convection in stars
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| author | Fraser, Adrian E. Reifenstein, Sam A. Garaud, Pascale |
| author_facet | Fraser, Adrian E. Reifenstein, Sam A. Garaud, Pascale |
| contents | Fingering convection (also known as thermohaline convection) is a process that drives the vertical transport of chemical elements in regions of stellar radiative zones where the mean molecular weight increases with radius. Recently, Harrington & Garaud (2019) used three-dimensional direct numerical simulations to show that a vertical magnetic field can dramatically enhance the rate of chemical mixing by fingering convection. Furthermore, they proposed a so-called "parasitic saturation" theory to model this process. Here, we test their model over a broad range of parameter space, using a suite of direct numerical simulations of magnetized fingering convection varying the magnetic Prandtl number, magnetic field strength, and composition gradient. We find that the rate of chemical mixing measured in the simulations is not always predicted accurately by their existing model, in particular when the magnetic diffusivity is large. We then present an extension of the Harrington & Garaud (2019) model which resolves this issue. When applied to stellar parameters, it recovers the results of Harrington & Garaud (2019) except in the limit where fingering convection becomes marginally stable, where the new model is preferred. We discuss the implications of our findings for stellar structure and evolution. |
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| spellingShingle | Magnetized fingering convection in stars Fraser, Adrian E. Reifenstein, Sam A. Garaud, Pascale Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics Fingering convection (also known as thermohaline convection) is a process that drives the vertical transport of chemical elements in regions of stellar radiative zones where the mean molecular weight increases with radius. Recently, Harrington & Garaud (2019) used three-dimensional direct numerical simulations to show that a vertical magnetic field can dramatically enhance the rate of chemical mixing by fingering convection. Furthermore, they proposed a so-called "parasitic saturation" theory to model this process. Here, we test their model over a broad range of parameter space, using a suite of direct numerical simulations of magnetized fingering convection varying the magnetic Prandtl number, magnetic field strength, and composition gradient. We find that the rate of chemical mixing measured in the simulations is not always predicted accurately by their existing model, in particular when the magnetic diffusivity is large. We then present an extension of the Harrington & Garaud (2019) model which resolves this issue. When applied to stellar parameters, it recovers the results of Harrington & Garaud (2019) except in the limit where fingering convection becomes marginally stable, where the new model is preferred. We discuss the implications of our findings for stellar structure and evolution. |
| title | Magnetized fingering convection in stars |
| topic | Solar and Stellar Astrophysics Earth and Planetary Astrophysics High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena Fluid Dynamics Plasma Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.11610 |