Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-03-16
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
7 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables, accepted for publication in A&A
Scientific paper
Context: In Cepheids close to the red edge of the classical instability strip, a coupling occurs between the acoustic oscillations and the convective motions close to the surface.The best topical models that account for this coupling rely on 1-D time-dependent convection (TDC) formulations. However, their intrinsic weakness comes from the large number of unconstrained free parameters entering in the description of turbulent convection. Aims: We compare two widely used TDC models with the first two-dimensional nonlinear direct numerical simulations (DNS) of the convection-pulsation coupling in which the acoustic oscillations are self-sustained by the kappa-mechanism. Methods: The free parameters appearing in the Stellingwerf and Kuhfuss TDC recipes are constrained using a chi2-test with the time-dependent convective flux that evolves in nonlinear simulations of highly-compressible convection with kappa-mechanism. Results: This work emphasises some inherent limits of TDC models, that is, the temporal variability and non-universality of their free parameters. More importantly, within these limits, Stellingwerf's formalism is found to give better spatial and temporal agreements with the nonlinear simulation than Kuhfuss's one. It may therefore be preferred in 1-D TDC hydrocodes or stellar evolution codes.
Dintrans Boris
Gastine T.
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