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对流区上方有旋转穿透的湍流可压缩对流

Turbulent Compressible Convection with Rotation - Penetration above a Convection Zone

Partha S. Pal, Harinder P. Singh, Kwing L. Chan, M. P. Srivastava

摘要:

通过求解三维Naviér-Stokes方程,对星型对流区中的湍流可压缩对流进行了大涡模拟。我们通过改变旋转速率({ \boldmath $\rmΩ$ })、旋转矢量的倾角($θ$)和上稳定层的相对稳定度($S$)来估计穿透到恒星型对流区上方稳定层的程度。计算域是一个矩形框中的f-平面配置,并被划分为两个区域的不稳定和稳定的分层与对流不稳定层之上放置的稳定层。计算了几种模型,并通过确定时均动能通量在上稳定层中第一个零点的位置来估计对流区上方稳定层的穿透距离。所有模型中的垂直网格间距是不均匀的,并且在上部区域较小,以便在感兴趣区域中更好地解决流动。我们发现,当旋转矢量与垂直轴对齐时,穿透距离随着旋转速率的增加而增加。但随着上稳定层稳定性的增加,上侵彻距离减小。由于我们无法为所有模型提供更高分辨率的计算,因此我们计算了一些模型,以查看增加分辨率对向上穿透的影响。此外,我们估计了恒星对流核向上对流渗透的上限。

英文摘要:

We perform Large eddy simulations of turbulent compressible convection in stellar-type convection zones by solving the Naviér-Stokes equations in three dimensions. We estimate the extent of penetration into the stable layer above a stellar-type convection zone by varying the rotation rate ({\boldmath$\rmΩ$}), the inclination of the rotation vector ($θ$) and the relative stability ($S$) of the upper stable layer. The computational domain is a rectangular box in an f-plane configuration and is divided into two regions of unstable and stable stratification with the stable layer placed above the convectively unstable layer. Several models have been computed and the penetration distance into the stable layer above the convection zone is estimated by determining the position where time averaged kinetic energy flux has the first zero in the upper stable layer. The vertical grid spacing in all the model is non-uniform, and is less in the upper region so that the flows are better resolved in the region of interest. We find that the penetration distance increases as the rotation rate increases for the case when the rotation vector is aligned with the vertical axis. However, with the increase in the stability of the upper stable layer, the upward penetration distance decreases. Since we are not able to afford computations with finer resolution for all the models, we compute a number of models to see the effect of increased resolution on the upward penetration. In addition, we estimate the upper limit on the upward convective penetration from stellar convective cores.

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