The role of convection in stellar models
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2011-07-21
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Moonsamy, Sashin
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This thesis reviews the essential ingredients of local, time-independent
mixing-length theory, the convective stability of
uid elements in the stellar
interior, the origins and in
uence of convection zones in stars, and the numerical
implementation of convection in some popular stellar evolution codes.
The thesis concludes with a brief discussion of the future role of mixing-length
theory in stellar modelling.