Canuto 2002

Canuto, V.M., 2002: Diffusion in stars: The case of gravity waves, rigid rotation and stable stratification. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 337, 713-719, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x.

We study mixing in the tachocline in the presence of a source (gravity waves of power Π) and two sinks (rigid rotation Ω and stable stratification of strength ∇_ad-∇ > 0). The Reynolds stresses R_ij are found to be proportional to ΠΩ^-1r_ij, where the dimensionless tensor r_ij may increase, decrease or saturate with Θ depending on the component (ij). The heat fluxes are found to be proportional to Πh_i, where the dimensionless h_r,ε first decrease with Ω and then saturate while h_ε always decreases with Ω. Numerical values of the momentum and heat diffusivities are derived and discussed. Future studies will include differential rotation, the μ-barrier and meridional currents.

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Canuto, V.M.: Diffusion in stars: The case of gravity waves, rigid rotation and stable stratification, M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 337, 713-719, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x, 2002.

Canuto, V.M. (2002), Diffusion in stars: The case of gravity waves, rigid rotation and stable stratification, M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 337, 713-719, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x.

Canuto, V.M., 2002: Diffusion in stars: The case of gravity waves, rigid rotation and stable stratification. M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 337, 713-719, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x.

Canuto, V.M. 2002, M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 337, 713, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x.

Canuto VM. Diffusion in stars: The case of gravity waves, rigid rotation and stable stratification, M Not Royal Astron Soc 2002;337:713-719. doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x.

V.M. Canuto, M. Not. Royal Astron. Soc. 337, 713-719, doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2002.05962.x (2002).