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Oct 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008iaus..252...83d&link_type=abstract
The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, IAU Symposium, Volume 252, p
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Convection, Stars:Evolution
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In this work, we will show that a proper definition of the boundary of a convective zone should be the place where the convective energy flux (i.e. the correlation of turbulent velocity and temperature) changes its sign. Therefore, it is convectively unstable region when the flux is positive, and it is convective overshooting zone when the flux becomes negative. In our nonlocal convection theory, convection is already sub-adiabatic (∇ < ∇ad) far before reaching the unstable boundary; while in the overshooting zone below the convective zone, convection is sub-adiabatic and super-radiative (∇rad < ∇ < ∇ad). The transition between the adiabatic temperature gradient and the radiative one is continuous and smooth instead of a sudden switch. In the unstable zone, the temperature gradient is approaching radiative rather than going to adiabatic. The distance of convective overshooting is different for different physical quantities. The overshooting distance in the context of stellar evolution, measured by the extent of mixing of stellar matter, should be more extended than that of other physical quantities. It is estimated as large as 0.25 1.7 Hp depending on the evolutionary timescale.
Deng Licai
Xiong Da-Run
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