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Local and Non-Local Contributions to Horizontal Motions in Stellar Convective Zones

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

K. Petrovay*
Affiliation:
Eötvös University, Department of Astronomy, Budapest, Ludovika tér 2, H-1083Hungary

Abstract

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A method to determine the r.m.s. horizontal velocities in stellar convective zones (assuming that non-locality effects are not too strong) is given and applied to the solar case. The results may serve as useful input parameters for both convection theory and dynamo theory.

Type
III. Input physics for stellar structure
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1993

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