Saturn’s magnetic field is remarkably axisymmetric. Its dipole axis is inclined by less than 0.2 with respect to its rotation axis. Early evidence for nonaxisymmetry came from the periodicity of Saturn’s kilometric radio bursts (SKR). Subsequently, percent variations of the SKR period were found to occur on timescales of years. A recent breakthrough has been the direct detection of a nonaxisymm...

Saturn’s magnetic field is remarkably axisymmetric. Its dipole axis is inclined by less than 0.2 with respect to its rotation axis. Early evidence for nonaxisymmetry came from the periodicity of Saturn’s kilometric radio bursts (SKR). Subsequently, percent variations of the SKR period were found to occur on timescales of years. A recent breakthrough has been the direct detection of a nonaxisymm...

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Aims. The present paper addresses some of the problems in the buildup of element stratification in stellar magnetic atmospheres due to microscopic diffusion, in particular the redistribution of momentum among the various ionisation stages of a given element and the calculation of diffusion velocities in the presence of inclined magnetic fields. Methods. We have considerably modified and extende...