A closure model with plumes

2006/07/31 by K. Belkacem, R. Samadi, M. J. Goupil +2 · 40 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Astrophysics #Atmospheric sciences #Closure (psychology) #Context (archaeology) #Convection #Convection zone #Environmental science #Fluid Dynamics and Turbulent Flows #Geology #Mechanics #Meteorology #Optics #Physics #Radiative cooling #Radiative transfer #Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics #Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies #Turbulence #astro-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20065369

published in Astronomy and Astrophysics 460(1), 173-182 (EDP Sciences) · 13 pages, accepted for publication in A&A

openalex publication_date 2006/09/06 · arxiv created 2006/12/12 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Context.Oscillations of stellar p modes, excited by turbulent convection, are investigated. In the uppermost part of the solar convection zone, radiative cooling is responsible for the formation of turbulent plumes, hence the medium is modelled with downdrafts and updrafts.

Citations

• Solar Oscillations and Convection. I. Formalism for Radial Oscillations

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