oscillations and spins of stars and life
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Oscillations and Spins of Stars and Life. Alexander Kosovichev Stanford University. My first meeting with Wojtek : European Study Conference Oscillations as a Probe of the Sun's Interior": Catania, 20-24 June 1983. Wojtek. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Oscillations and Spins of Stars and Life
Alexander KosovichevStanford University
My first meeting with Wojtek: European Study Conference Oscillations as a Probe of the Sun's Interior":
Catania, 20-24 June 1983
Wojtek
First meeting: Oscillations as a Probe of the Sun's Interior":
Catania, 20-24 June 1983
Visit of Centrum Astronomiczne im. Mikołaja Kopernika (CAMK) in Warsaw for 3 months in
1986
CAMK was established in 1973 on occasion of 500th anniversary of Nicolaus Copernicus, and
opened in 1978
Picture of youngest Wojtek (1973), I found on Internet
Computer equipment: PDP 11/45IBM PC XTs brought to CAMK by Phil Goode
Warsaw in 1986
Living with shock therapy
CAMK was the best place to live and work
Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars
• Dziembowski, W. and A. Kosovichev (1987). "Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part One - General Properties." Acta Astronomica 37: 313.
• Dziembowski, W., A. Kosovichev, and M. Kozlowski (1987). "Low
Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part Two - Inertial Modes in the Solar Convective Envelope." Acta Astronomica 37: 331.
• Dziembowski, W. and A. Kosovichev (1987). "Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part Three - Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability." Acta Astronomica 37: 341.
Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars
• Dziembowski, W., A. Kosovichev, and M. Kozlowski (1987). Inertial Modes Trapped in the Solar Convective Envelope, Advances in Helio- and Asteroseismology, Proceedings of the Symposium held 17-11 July 1986, in Aarhus, Denmark. Edited by J. Christensen-Dalsgaard and S. Frandsen. IAU Symposium, No. 123. Dordrecht: D. Reidel Publishing Co., p.117, 1988
Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars: Proc. IAU Sym. 123 -
shortest paper I ever published
Primary question: What happens to g-modes when their frequencies become comparable with stellar rotation rate?
?W/2p
N2/W2 in Standard Solar Model S
W2 > N2
radial wavenumber
g-modes
inertialmodes
radial wavenumber
g-modes
inertialmodes
r-mode
rotational splitting
l(l+1)/2m
Calculations of the frequency spectra andmode eigenfunctions showed that the oscillation amplitude is concentrated athigh latitudes.
• Dziembowski, W. and A. Kosovichev (1987). "Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part Three - Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability." Acta Astronomica 37: 341.
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Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars
• Dziembowski, W. and A. Kosovichev (1987). "Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part One - General Properties." Acta Astronomica 37: 313.
• Dziembowski, W., A. Kosovichev, and M. Kozlowski (1987). "Low
Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part Two - Inertial Modes in the Solar Convective Envelope." Acta Astronomica 37: 331.
• Dziembowski, W. and A. Kosovichev (1987). "Low Frequency Oscillations in Slowly Rotating Stars - Part Three - Kelvin-Helmholtz Instability." Acta Astronomica 37: 341.
Inside the Sun, Versailles 1989
Inside the Sun, Versailles 1989
Inside the Sun, Versailles 1989
Life twistsIoA, Cambridge, 1990-94
SOHO, Stanford, 1994-2010
Solar Dynamic Observatory, Stanford 2010 -
Big Bear Solar ObservatoryNew Solar Telescope
1.6m clear aperture – world largest solar telescope
Great Wojtek’s lessons
• Do not afraid solving difficult problems• Never try to solve problems that are too
difficult
Santa Fe 2009
Thanks, Wojtek!