Convective heating of the inner core of red giants prior to the peak of the core helium flash

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Apr 1985

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Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (ISSN 0004-637X), vol. 291, April 1, 1985, p. 291-296. Research supported by the U.S. Department o

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Red Giant Stars, Stellar Cores, Color-Magnitude Diagram, Convective Heat Transfer, Globular Clusters, Stellar Mass, Stellar Temperature, Thermonuclear Reactions, Three Dimensional Models

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The effects of convective overshooting across the temperature inversion in red giant cores have been investigated theoretically, using a two-dimensional and three-dimensional hydrodynamic model of the core helium flash. The model is based on a simple heating algorithm which can be easily incorporated into a variety of stellar evolution codes. On the basis of the numerical results it is found that: (1) convective overshooting led to substantial heating of the material underneath the temperature inversion, producing a smoother temperature profile; (2) up until one week before the time of maximum temperature, interior heating is unimportant, but alters the standard relation of maximum temperature and density at the point of maximum temperature; and (3) overshooting redistributed the mass from the location of maximum temperature. The contribution of internal heating to the subsequent evolution of the core of a red giant is also discussed. Model estimates of the selected properties of core helium flash sequences at the time of maximum temperature are given in a table.

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