The onset of low Prandtl number thermal convection in thin spherical shells

Authors
Publication date 04-06-2018
Journal Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union
Event Pulsar Astrophysics : the Next 50 Years
Volume | Issue number 13 | S337
Pages (from-to) 336-337
Organisations
  • Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy (API)
Abstract In this study the onset of stress-free Boussinesq thermal convection in rotating spherical shells with aspect ratio η = rinner/router = 0.9, Prandtl numbers Pr ∈ [10−4, 10−1], and Taylor numbers Ta ∈ [104, 1012] is considered. We focus on the form of the convective cell pattern that develops, and on its time scales, since this may have observational consequences for thermonuclear burning and the development of burst oscillations in the exploding oceans of accreting neutron stars (Watts (2012)).
Document type Article
Note Pulsar Astrophysics : the Next 50 Years : proceedings of the 337th Symposium of the International Astronomical Union held at Jodrell Bank Observatory, United Kingdom, September 4-8 2017, edited by Patrick Weltevrede , Benetge B.P. Perera, Lina Levin Preston, Sotiris Sanidas.
Language English
Published at https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317008286
Other links http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018IAUS..337..336G
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