Amplitudes of solar p modes: Modelling of the eddy time-correlation function
Abstract
Modelling amplitudes of stochastically excited oscillations in stars is a powerful tool for understanding the properties of the convective zones. For instance, it gives us information on the way turbulent eddies are temporally correlated in a very large Reynolds number regime. We discuss the way the time correlation between eddies is modelled and we present recent theoretical developments as well as observational results. Eventually, we discuss the physical underlying meaning of the results by introducing the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, which is a sub-class of a Gaussian Markov process.
- Publication:
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GONG-SoHO 24: A New Era of Seismology of the Sun and Solar-Like Stars
- Pub Date:
- January 2011
- DOI:
- 10.1088/1742-6596/271/1/012047
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1102.0384
- Bibcode:
- 2011JPhCS.271a2047B
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
- E-Print:
- GONG 2010 - SoHO 24, A new era of seismology of the Sun and solar-like stars, to be published in the Journal of Physics: Conference Series (JPCS)