Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2006-09-13
IAUSymp.239:35-40,2006
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
6 pages, 3 figures, to appear in Convection in Astrophysics, Proc. IAUS 239, edited by F. Kupka, I.W. Roxburgh, K.L. Chan
Scientific paper
We study convective overshooting by means of local 3D convection calculations. Using a mixing length model of the solar convection zone (CZ) as a guide, we determine the Coriolis number (Co), which is the inverse of the Rossby number, to be of the order of ten or larger at the base of the solar CZ. Therefore we perform convection calculations in the range Co = 0...10 and interpret the value of Co realised in the calculation to represent a depth in the solar CZ. In order to study the dependence on rotation, we compute the mixing length parameters alpha_T and alpha_u relating the temperature and velocity fluctuations, respectively, to the mean thermal stratification. We find that the mixing length parameters for the rapid rotation case, corresponding to the base of the solar CZ, are 3-5 times smaller than in the nonrotating case. Introducing such depth-dependent alpha into a solar structure model employing a non-local mixing length formalism results in overshooting which is approximately proportional to alpha at the base of the CZ. Although overshooting is reduced due to the reduced alpha, a discrepancy with helioseismology remains due to the steep transition to the radiative temperature gradient. In comparison to the mixing length models the transition at the base of the CZ is much gentler in the 3D models. It was suggested recently (Rempel 2004) that this discrepancy is due to the significantly larger (up to seven orders of magnitude) input energy flux in the 3D models in comparison to the Sun and solar models, and that the 3D calculations should be able to approach the mixing length regime if the input energy flux is decreased by a moderate amount. We present results from local convection calculations which support this conjecture.
Käpylä Petri J.
Korpi Maarit Johanna
Stix Michael
Tuominen Ilkka
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