Stochastic excitation of non-radial modes I. High-angular-degree p modes

Abstract

Turbulent motions in stellar convection zones generate acoustic energy, part of which is then supplied to normal modes of the star. Their amplitudes result from a balance between the efficiencies of excitation and damping processes in the convection zones. We develop a formalism that provides the excitation rates of non-radial global modes excited by turbulent convection. As a first application, we estimate the impact of non-radial effects on excitation rates and amplitudes of high-angular-degree modes which are observed on the Sun. A model of stochastic excitation by turbulent convection has been developed to compute the excitation rates, and it has been successfully applied to solar radial modes (Samadi & Goupil 2001, Belkacem et al. 2006b). We generalize this approach to the case of non-radial global modes. This enables us to estimate the energy supplied to high-($\ell$) acoustic modes. Qualitative arguments as well as numerical calculations are used to illustrate the results. We find that non-radial effects for $p$ modes are non-negligible: - for high-$n$ modes (i.e. typically $n>3$) and for high values of $\ell$; the power supplied to the oscillations depends on the mode inertia. - for low-$n$ modes, independent of the value of $\ell$, the excitation is dominated by the non-diagonal components of the Reynolds stress term. We carried out a numerical investigation of high-$\ell$ $p$ modes and we find that the validity of the present formalism is limited to $\ell <500$ due to the spatial separation of scale assumption. Thus, a model for very high-$\ell$ $p$-mode excitation rates calls for further theoretical developments, however the formalism is valid for solar $g$ modes, which will be investigated in a paper in preparation.

arXiv comment12 pages, accepted for publication in A&A

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