Thermohaline mixing: A physical mechanism governing the photospheric composition of low-mass giants

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 467, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Charbonnel, C ^a,b   Zahn, J P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE   (Switzerland)

^b IRAP   (France)

^c OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrodynamics; Instabilities; Stars: abundances; Stars: interiors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; SUN;

STELLAR EVOLUTION MODELING; SURFACE ABUNDANCES; THERMOHALINE INSTABILITY; THERMOHALINE MIXING;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 34249310722     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20077274     Document Type: Article

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