Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2000-01-28
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
to appear in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol 898. Postscript file, 9 pages and 5 figures New Email Address for
Scientific paper
Recently helioseismic observations have revealed the presence of a shear layer at the base of the convective zone related to the transition from differential rotation in the convection zone to almost uniform rotation in the radiative interior, the tachocline. At present, this layer extends only over a few percent of the solar radius and no definitive explanations have been given for this thiness. Following Spiegel and Zahn (1992, Astron. Astrophys.), who invoke anisotropic turbulence to stop the spread of the tachocline deeper in the radiative zone as the Sun evolves, we give some justifications for their hypothesis by taking into account recent results on rotating shear instability (Richard and Zahn 1999, Astron. Astrophys.). We study the impact of the macroscopic motions present in this layer on the Sun's structure and evolution by introducing a macroscopic diffusivity $D_T$ in updated solar models. We find that a time dependent treatment of the tachocline significantly improves the agreement between computed and observed surface chemical species, such as the $^7$Li and modify the internal structure of the Sun (Brun, Turck-Chi\`eze and Zahn, 1999, in Astrophys. J.).
Brun Allan Sacha
Zahn Jean-Paul
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