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Turbulent Convection: A New Model

  • Part I Convection and turbulence as the basis of magnetic activity
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The Sun and Cool Stars: activity, magnetism, dynamos

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We use the latest models of turbulence to compute a new expression for the turbulent convective flux, F c. The new values of F c are up to ten times larger than those given by the mixing length theory, MLT. Astrophysical considerations indicate that the new model fares better with observational data than the MLT.

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  1. NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Institute for Space Studies, 2880 Broadway, 10025, New York, NY

    V. M. Canuto

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I. Tuominen D. Moss G. Rüdiger

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Canuto, V.M. (1991). Turbulent Convection: A New Model. In: Tuominen, I., Moss, D., Rüdiger, G. (eds) The Sun and Cool Stars: activity, magnetism, dynamos. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 380. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53955-7_100

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