Meridional circulation in rotating stars. X - The unsteady oblique-rotator model

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Circulation Distribution, Early Stars, Magnetic Stars, Meridional Flow, Stellar Models, Stellar Rotation, Asymptotic Properties, Magnetic Field Configurations

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An analysis is given of the interaction between thermally driven currents and a large-scale magnetic field in the radiative envelope of an oblique-rotator model. The authors consider the case of a slowly decaying magnetic field, which is initially dipolar in structure. Self-consistent solutions are obtained for different values of the initial inclination of the magnetic axis with respect to the rotation axis. These calculations show that the magnetic stars are less-than-ideal bodies, having a wide spectrum of eddy-like motions that coexist with the largest scale flows in their radiative envelopes. Obviously, turbulent viscous friction plays an essential role in the dynamics of a stellar radiative zone.

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