Updated Toulouse solar models including the diffusion-circulation coupling and the tachocline region

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Solar Models, Tachocline

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Solar models are presented, which include the new treatment of the diffusion-circulation coupling as discussed for halo stars by Vauclair (1999) and Théado & Vauclair (2000) and the new European Nuclear Astrophysics Compilation of REaction rates (Angulo et al. 1999). It has been known for several years (cf Richard et al. 1996) that the mixing processes below the solar convection zone must be limited to a small depth, probably due to μ-gradient effects; this is necessary to account for the constancy of the 3He/4He ratios these last 3 Gyrs, as observed from lunar rocks; it is also consistent with helioseismic results. In previous works, a critical μ-gradient was arbitrarily introduced to stop the mixing processes at a given depth. In the present models, the physics of diffusion-induced μ-gradients and their coupling with macroscopic motions is discussed and more precisely introduced.

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