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MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 316, 期 2, 页码 395-406出版社
BLACKWELL SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2000.03498.x
关键词
stars : abundances; stars : evolution; stars : interiors; stars : rotation; globular clusters : general
For the first time we propose a real physical mechanism for 'extra mixing' in red giants that can quantitatively interpret all the known star-to-star abundance variations in globular clusters. This is Zahn's mechanism. It considers extra mixing in a radiative zone of a rotating star as a result of the joint operation of meridional circulation and turbulent diffusion. It is shown that the only free parameter, the angular velocity at the base of the convective envelope, can be so adjusted as to fit the observed abundance correlations without leading to a conflict with available data on rotation velocities of blue horizontal branch stars in the same cluster. There are two critical assumptions in our model, that the top of the radiative zone is not in synchronous rotation with the stellar surface but rotates significantly faster and that the criterion fur shear instability takes a particular form. These will eventually be tested by three-dimensional hydrodynamical simulations.
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