Problems of Stellar Convection Proceedings of the Colloquium No. 38 of the International Astronomical Union Held in Nice, August 16-20, 1976
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin, Heidelberg
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
1977, 1977
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1977 |
| Series: | Lecture Notes in Physics
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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