3D Anelastic Simulations of Convection in Massive Stars
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After briefly describing the anelastic approximation and Glatzmaier’s code, we present results from our preliminary studies of core convection during the hydrogen burning phase of a 15M⊙ star, as well as our most recent results concerning convection in the oxygen shell of a 25M⊙ star.
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تاریخ انتشار 2002