Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Jul 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010ap%26ss.328..253s&link_type=abstract
Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 328, Issue 1-2, pp. 253-258
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
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Turbulence, Convection, Oscillations, Mode Driving, Massive Stars
Scientific paper
We investigate the possibility that gravity modes can be stochastically excited by turbulent convection in massive main-sequence (MS) stars. We build stellar models of MS stars with masses M=10 M &sun;,15 M &sun;, and 20 M &sun;. For each model, we then compute the power supplied to the modes by turbulent eddies in the convective core (CC) and the outer convective zones (OCZ). We found that, for asymptotic gravity modes, the major part of the driving occurs within the outer iron convective zone, while the excitation of low n order modes mainly occurs within the CC. We compute the mode lifetimes and deduce the expected mode amplitudes. We finally discuss the possibility of detecting such stochastically-excited gravity modes with the CoRoT space-based mission.
Belkacem Kevin
Brun Allan Sacha
Dupret Marc-Antoine
Goupil Marie Jo
Noels Arlette
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