Problems of Stellar Convection [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the Colloquium Nr. 38 of the International Astronomical Union, Held in Nice, August 16–20,1976 / edited by Edward A. Spiegel, Jean-Paul Zahn.
Material type: TextSeries: Lecture Notes in Physics ; 71Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1977Description: 76 figs., 1 tab. VIII,363 pages. online resourceContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9783540359821Subject(s): Physics | Fluids | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Physics | Astronomy | Astrophysics | FluidsAdditional physical formats: Printed edition:: No titleDDC classification: 520 LOC classification: QB4Online resources: Click here to access onlineCurrent library | Home library | Call number | Materials specified | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Introductory remarks -- Historical reminiscences of the origins of stellar convection theory (1930 – 1945) -- The current state of stellar mixing-length theory -- On taking mixing-length theory seriously -- Observations bearing on the theory of stellar convection II -- Dynamical instabilities in stars -- Observations bearing on convection -- Evolution pattern of the exploding granules -- Granulation observations -- Some aspects of convection in meteorology -- Numerical methods in convection theory -- Compressible convection -- Convection in rotating stars -- Magnetic fields and convection -- Axisymmetric convection with a magnetic field -- Convective dynamos -- Penetrative convection in stars -- The boundaries of a convective zone -- Convective overshooting in the solar photosphere; A model granular velocity field -- Thermosolutal convection -- The URCA convection -- Photoconvection -- Convection in the helium flash -- Wave transport in stratified, rotating fluids -- Wave generation and pulsation in stars with convective zones -- Fully developed turbulence, intermittency and magnetic fields -- Turbulence : Determinism and chaos -- Stellar convection.
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