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Autores principales: Breton, Sylvain N., Brun, Allan Sacha, García, Rafael A.
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Publicado: 2026
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Acceso en línea:https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22651
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author Breton, Sylvain N.
Brun, Allan Sacha
García, Rafael A.
author_facet Breton, Sylvain N.
Brun, Allan Sacha
García, Rafael A.
contents On the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, F-type solar pulsators connect the Sun to intermediate mass stars located on the instability strip. With respect to lower mass stars, they are structurally peculiar in the sense that they are constituted of three distinct dynamical layers: a small convective core, a deep radiative interior, and a shallow convective envelope. Current asteroseismic techniques only provide limited information on the interior dynamics of these stars. Indeed only gravity modes (g modes), for which unambiguous characterisation is lacking, are able to probe the deep stellar layers. A better understanding of the excitation and behaviour in F-type solar pulsators is therefore necessary in order to consider their detection. In this work, we simulate for the first time the global stellar structure of an F-type star (core, radiative interior, envelope). We show that the contribution of the core strongly affects the spectrum of excited g modes, with low-order high-degree modes unable to form due to their interaction with the turbulent convection of the core. Finally, by computing the disc-integrated signature of the modes, we are able to demonstrate that they preserve their integrity up to the top of the convective envelope, which is a strong argument in favour of their detectability with spaceborne photometry.
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spellingShingle From core to envelope: revealing the deep dynamics of stars with two convective zones
Breton, Sylvain N.
Brun, Allan Sacha
García, Rafael A.
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
On the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram, F-type solar pulsators connect the Sun to intermediate mass stars located on the instability strip. With respect to lower mass stars, they are structurally peculiar in the sense that they are constituted of three distinct dynamical layers: a small convective core, a deep radiative interior, and a shallow convective envelope. Current asteroseismic techniques only provide limited information on the interior dynamics of these stars. Indeed only gravity modes (g modes), for which unambiguous characterisation is lacking, are able to probe the deep stellar layers. A better understanding of the excitation and behaviour in F-type solar pulsators is therefore necessary in order to consider their detection. In this work, we simulate for the first time the global stellar structure of an F-type star (core, radiative interior, envelope). We show that the contribution of the core strongly affects the spectrum of excited g modes, with low-order high-degree modes unable to form due to their interaction with the turbulent convection of the core. Finally, by computing the disc-integrated signature of the modes, we are able to demonstrate that they preserve their integrity up to the top of the convective envelope, which is a strong argument in favour of their detectability with spaceborne photometry.
title From core to envelope: revealing the deep dynamics of stars with two convective zones
topic Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.22651