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Proxies for overshooting above a convection zone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 April 2008

Kwing L. Chan  and
Harinder P. Singh
Kwing L. Chan
Affiliation:
Department of Mathematics and Center for Space Science Research, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China email: maklchan@ust.hk
Harinder P. Singh
Affiliation:
Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi, India email: singh@iucaa.ernet.in
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Abstract

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Due to the up/down asymmetry caused by stratification, overshooting above differs from overshooting below a convection zone. The flux of kinetic energy, frequently used as a proxy of overshooting below a convection zone, cannot be used for the upward problem.

Keywords

Convectionturbulencewavesmethods: numerical
Type
Contributed Papers
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Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 4 , Symposium S252: The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century , April 2008 , pp. 43 - 44
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Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008