Three-dimensional simulations of near-surface convection in main-sequence stars. IV. Effect of small-scale magnetic flux concentrations on centre-to-limb variation and spectral lines
Three-dimensional simulations of near-surface convection in main-sequence stars. IV. Effect of small-scale magnetic flux concentrations on centre-to-limb variation and spectral lines
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主序星近地表对流的三维模拟 IV 小尺度磁通量集中对中心到边缘变化和谱线的影响
DOI:
10.1051/0004-6361/201525874
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2015
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Reiners
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作者:
Schüssler;Cameron;Reiners
ContextThe atmospheres of cool main-sequence stars are structured by convective flows from the convective envelope that penetrate the optically thin layers and lead to structuring of the stellar atmospheres analogous to solar granulation. The flows have considerable influence on the 3D structure of temperature and pressure and affect the profiles of spectral lines formed in the photosphere.AimsFor the set of six 3D radiative (M)HD simulations of cool main-sequence stars described in the first paper of this series, we analyse the near-surface layers. We aim at describing the properties of granulation of different stars and at quantifying the effects on spectral lines of the thermodynamic structure and flows of 3D convective atmospheres.MethodsWe detected and tracked granules in brightness images from the simulations to analyse their statistical properties, as well as their evolution and lifetime. We calculated spatially resolved spectral line profiles using the line synthesis code SPINOR. To enable a comparison to stellar observations, we implemented a numerical disc-integration, which includes (differential) rotation.ResultsAlthough the stellar parameters change considerably along the model sequence, the properties of the granules are very similar. The impact of the 3D structure of the atmospheres on line profiles is measurable in disc-integrated spectra. Line asymmetries caused by convection are modulated by stellar rotation.ConclusionsThe 3D structure of cool stellar atmospheres as shaped by convective flows has to be taken into account when using photospheric lines to determine stellar parameters.