The interaction of multiple convection zones in A-type stars

L. J. Silvers (1, 2) , M. R. E. Proctor (1)

1 Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
2 LERMA - Laboratoire d'Etude du Rayonnement et de la Matière en Astrophysique

A-type stars have a complex internal structure with the possibility of multiple convection zones. If not sufficiently separated, such zones will interact through the convectively stable regions that lie between them. It is therefore of interest to ask whether the typical conditions that exist within such stars are such that these convection zones can ever be considered as disjoint.

Domaines: Astrophysique [astro-ph]; Planète et Univers [physics]

L. J. Silvers, M. R. E. Proctor. The interaction of multiple convection zones in A-type stars. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2007, 380, pp.44-50. ⟨10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.12082.x⟩. ⟨hal-03732526⟩