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ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 858, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.3847/1538-4357/aab7eb
Keywords
stars: fundamental parameters; stars: interiors; stars: oscillations (including pulsations)
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- NSF [AST-1514676]
- NASA [NNX16AI09G]
- Institute for Theory and Computation Fellowship
- UK Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
- Danish National Research Foundation [DNRF106]
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Stellar models typically use the mixing-length approximation as a way to implement convection in a simplified manner. While conventionally the value of the mixing-length parameter, alpha, used is the solar-calibrated value, many studies have shown that other values of alpha are needed to properly model stars. This uncertainty in the value of the mixing-length parameter is a major source of error in stellar models and isochrones. Using asteroseismic data, we determine the value of the mixing-length parameter required to properly model a set of about 450 stars ranging in log g, T-eff, and[ Fe/H]. The relationship between the value of alpha required and the properties of the star is then investigated. For Eddington atmosphere, non-diffusion models, we find that the value of a can be approximated by a linear model, in the form of alpha/alpha(circle dot) = 5.426-0.101 log(g)-1.071 log(T-eff)+0.437([ Fe/H]). This process is repeated using a variety of model physics, as well as compared with previous studies and results from 3D convective simulations.
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