Mixing of lithium at the base of the solar convection zone
Abstract
A deformation of the interface between convectively stable, unstable layers in a star can lead to intensified mixing of the elements. Our three-dimensional simulations show that under a condition of deformability of the interface, a coupled long-lived system of large-scale flows, penetrative convection is established. This effect can explain lithium depletion in the solar atmosphere
- Publication:
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From Lithium to Uranium: Elemental Tracers of Early Cosmic Evolution
- Pub Date:
- 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1017/S1743921305005405
- Bibcode:
- 2005IAUS..228..113T