3 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Superrotation and Jet Migration in Simulations of Jupiter's Convective Zone and Weather Layer
Loren Matilsky, Geoffrey Vallis, Matthew Browning +1
The mean zonal flow observed on Jupiter consists of an intricate pattern of jets, or bands of zonal flow moving prograde or retrograde compared to the bulk planetary rotation. The…
astro-ph.SR2025
Diffusion-Free Dynamics in Rotating Spherical Shell Convection Driven By Internal Heating and Cooling
Neil T. Lewis, Tom Joshi-Hartley, Steven M. Tobias +2
The bulk properties of convection in stellar and giant planet interiors are often assumed to be independent of the molecular diffusivities, which are very small. By contrast, simul…
astro-ph.SR2025
Heat Transport and Dissipation in 2.5D Rotating Internally Heated and Cooled Convection
Tom Joshi-Hartley, Matthew K. Browning, Laura K. Currie +3
Models of astrophysical convection, such as mixing length theory, typically assume that the heat transport is independent of microphysical diffusivities. Such 'diffusion-free' beha…