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The Current State of Stellar Mixing-Length Theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2018

Douglas Gough
Douglas Gough*
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, & Department of Applied Mathematics, and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge

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The basic assumptions of the mixing-length formalism are described, and the theory is developed with a view to representing convection in stars. Directions in which the results might be improved and extended are indicated.

Type
I. Mixing-Length Theory
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 38: Problems of Stellar Convection , 1977 , pp. 15 - 56
Copyright
Copyright © 1976

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