Thermohaline mixing and fossil magnetic fields in red giant stars
Abstract
We discuss the occurence and consequences of thermohaline mixing in RGB stars, as well as the possible inhibition of this process by a fossil magnetic field in Ap star descendants.
- Publication:
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The Art of Modeling Stars in the 21st Century
- Pub Date:
- October 2008
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 2008IAUS..252..245C
- Keywords:
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- hydrodynamics - instabilities - stars: abundances- stars: evolution - stars: interiors - stars: rotation;
- hydrodynamics;
- instabilities;
- stars: abundances- stars: evolution;
- stars: interiors;
- stars: rotation